Towards sustainable seawater desalting in the Gulf area

Desalination

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 58-87

  Darwish, M A ^a   Al Najem, N M ^a   Lior, N ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; CO2 emissions; Combined gas steam power cycles; Dual purpose desalination plants; Energy consumption for water desalination; Gas turbines power plants; Steam turbine power plants; Sustainability; Water desalination

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENGINES; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MARINE ENGINES; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; POTABLE WATER; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; STEAM; STEAM POWER PLANTS; STEAM TURBINES; TURBINES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RESOURCES;

CO2 EMISSIONS; COMBINED GAS/STEAM POWER CYCLES; DUAL PURPOSE DESALINATION PLANTS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR WATER DESALINATION; STEAM TURBINE POWER PLANTS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER DESALINATION;

GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS;

DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; OIL PRODUCTION; POWER PLANT; SEAWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TURBINE; WASTE FACILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 57249105112     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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