Exergy analysis of desalination by solar-powered membrane distillation units

Desalination

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 27-40

  Banat, Fawzi ^a   Jwaied, Nesreen ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Exergy analysis; Membrane distillation; Performance; Solar desalination

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; DUST COLLECTORS; POWDERS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; WATER FILTRATION;

AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; DESALINATION UNITS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PERFORMANCE; POTENTIAL TOOL; PROCESS ANALYSIS; SOLAR DESALINATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR-POWERED MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

EXERGY;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 48449103118     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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