Solar desalination: A challenge for sustainable fresh water in the 21 st century

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-18

  Ettouney, Hisham ^a   Rizzuti, Lucio ^b  

^a Dept of Chemical Engineering ^*  (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desalination; Hybrid systems; Solar plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249302010     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5508-9_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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