Potential of wind-powered renewable energy membrane systems for Ghana

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Park, G L ^a   Schafer A I ^b   Richards, B S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Ghana; Membranes; Renewable Energy; Reverse osmosis; Wind power

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; GHANA; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LOW COSTS; MEMBRANE DESALINATION; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; POWER SOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SMALL WIND TURBINE; SOLAR PANELS; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; WIND ENERGY; WIND SPEED DATA;

DESALINATION; ENGINES; OPEN SYSTEMS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; OSMOSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349503988     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.053     Document Type: Article

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