Thermo-economic investigation of multi effect evaporation (MEE) and hybrid multi effect evaporation-multi stage flash (MEE-MSF) systems

Desalination

Volumn 201, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 241-254

  Nafey, A S ^a   Fath, H E S ^b   Mabrouk, A A ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Exergy; Hybrid MSF MEE; MEE; MSF; Thermoeconomics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; EXERGY;

FORWARD FEED SYSTEM; MULTI EFFECT EVAPORATION; MULTI-STAGE FLASH PROCESS; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; EXERGY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; EXERGY; FORWARD MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WASTE FACILITY;

EID: 33751159204     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.09.044     Document Type: Article

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