Myth and reality of the hybrid desalination process

Desalination

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 269-280

  Kamal, Ismat ^a  

^a FLUOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensor cooling water return as feed for SWRO; Energy usage in desalination; Energy use comparison; High temperature SWRO; Hybrid desalination process; Plant simulation; Power desalination plants

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; MAINTENANCE; RESEARCH; RETROFITTING; SEAWATER; TECHNOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

CONDENSOR COOLING WATER RETURN AS FEED FOR SWRO; CONTINUED USE; DESALINATION PLANTS; ENERGY USAGE IN DESALINATION; ENERGY-USE COMPARISON; FUEL COSTS; FUEL EFFICIENCY; GREEN FIELDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SWRO; HYBRID DESALINATION PROCESS; MIDDLE EAST; MULTI-STAGE FLASH; MYTH AND REALITY; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; PLANT SIMULATION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POWER OUTPUTS; POWER/DESALINATION PLANTS; PRACTICAL ENGINEERING; REPOWERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS;

POWER PLANTS;

DESALINATION; OSMOSIS; POWER PLANT; SEAWATER; SIMULATION; THERMAL POWER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 48449090362     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.11.030     Document Type: Article

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