Large-scale solar thermal desalination plants: A review

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 924-930

  Mittelman, Gur ^a   Mouchtar, Ornit ^a   Dayan, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; SOLAR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34547399136     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630701421711     Document Type: Review

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