Theoretical investigation of a humidification-dehumidification desalination system configured by a double-pass flat plate solar air heater

Desalination

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 163-177

  Yamali, Cemil ^a   Solmuş, Ismail ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Double pass flat plate solar air heater; Humidification dehumidification; Solar desalination

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATLAB; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY;

DOUBLE-PASS FLAT PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATER; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; SOLAR DESALINATION;

DESALINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATLAB; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY;

AIR MASS; DESALINATION; ENERGY BALANCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33947289496     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.02.053     Document Type: Article

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