Autonomous desalination units based on renewable energy systems - A review of representative installations worldwide

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 343-353

  Papapetrou, Michael ^a   Epp, Christian ^a   Tzen, Eftihia ^b  

^a WIP Renewable Energies   (Germany)

^b Centre for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADU RES; Autonomous operation; Desalination; Mediterranean; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249339732     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5508-9_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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