Thermoeconomic design of a multi-effect evaporation mechanical vapor compression (MEE-MVC) desalination process

Desalination

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Nafey, A S ^a   Fath, H E S ^b   Mabrouk, A A ^c  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^c Desalination R and D Center   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Desalination; Exergy; Mechanical vapor compression (MVC); Multi effect evaporation (MEE); Thermoeconomics; Unit product cost

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPRESSION; DESALINATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; VAPORS; WATER FILTRATION;

DESIGN DATA; EXERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MECHANICAL VAPOR COMPRESSION; MECHANICAL VAPOR COMPRESSION (MVC); MULTI-EFFECT EVAPORATION (MEE); PROCESS UNITS; THERMOECONOMICS; UNIT PRODUCT COST;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

COMPRESSION; DESALINATION; DESIGN; EVAPORATION; EXERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 48449104434     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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