Characterization of uncertainties in the operation and economics of the proposed seawater desalination plant in the Gaza Strip

Desalination

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-201

  Ghabayen, Said ^a   McKee, Mac ^a   Kemblowski, Mariush ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief networks; Desalination; Gaza Strip; Optimization; Reverse osmosis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COSTS; DESALINATION; ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

PROBABILISTIC MODELING; WATER BALANCE;

SEAWATER;

DESALINATION; ECONOMICS; OPERATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEA WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

DESALINATION; ECONOMICS; SEAWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 1542505301     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(04)90054-9     Document Type: Article

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