Desalination by using alternative energy: Review and state-of-the-art

Desalination

Volumn 203, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 346-365

  Mathioulakis, E ^a   Belessiotis, V ^a   Delyannis, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Desalination; Review

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY;

DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DESALINATION;

EID: 33846326252     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.531     Document Type: Article

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