Desalination of brackish water by means of a parabolic solar concentrator

Desalination

Volumn 217, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 118-126

  Chaouchi, Béchir ^a   Zrelli, Adel ^a   Gabsi, Slimane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Brackish; Concentrator; Simulation; Solar distillation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; SALINE WATER; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BRACKISH WATER; SOLAR DISTILLATION;

DESALINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; SALINE WATER; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 35649000311     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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