Innovative diffusion driven desalination process

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-224

  Klausner, James F ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Darwish, Mohamed ^a   Mei, Renwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION DRIVEN DESALINATION (DDD); FRESH WATER; MULTI-STAGE FLASHING (MSF); MULTIPLE EFFECT DISTILLATION (MED);

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NANOFILTRATION; STEAM POWER PLANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DESALINATION;

EID: 12344249479     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1786927     Document Type: Article

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