Effect of feed pressure on the performance of the photovoltaic powered reverse osmosis seawater desalination system

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2824-2830

  Gandhidasan, P ^a   Al Mojel, Sultan A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Photovoltaic; Pressure; Reverse osmosis; Seawater

Indexed keywords

FEED PRESSURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV ARRAYS; SEAWATER DESALINATION SYSTEMS; SILICON CELLS; SPECIFIC ENERGY; THIN-FILMS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WATER FILTRATION;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DESALINATION; FILM; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; SEAWATER; SOFTWARE;

EID: 68049127800     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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