Suggested modifications of power-desalting plants in Kuwait

Desalination

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 222-231

  Darwish, M A ^a   Al Otaibi, S ^a   Al Shayji, Khawla ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Backpressure Steam turbine; Cogeneration power desalting plants; Equivalent mechanical energy to heat supply; Low temperature multi effect desalting system; Multistage flash desalination; Seawater reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; DESALINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STEAM TURBINES;

BACKPRESSURE STEAM TURBINE; COGENERATION POWER-DESALTING PLANTS; LOW TEMPERATURE MULTI-EFFECT DESALTING SYSTEM; MULTISTAGE FLASH DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

SALT REMOVAL;

COGENERATION PLANTS; DESALINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALT REMOVAL; STEAM TURBINES;

DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; INSTALLATION; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WASTE FACILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34748907809     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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