An autonomous wave-powered desalination system

Desalination

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 412-421

  Folley, Matt ^a   Peñate Suarez, Baltasar ^b   Whittaker, Trevor ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomous; Energy recovery; Renewable energy; Reverse osmosis; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

PRESSURE EXCHANGER-INTENSIFIER; WAVE-POWERED DESALINATION SYSTEM;

DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEAWATER; WAVE POWER;

EID: 38349033413     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.01.044     Document Type: Article

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