Distilled water production using geothermally heated seawater

Desalination

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Gutierrez J ^a   Porta Gandara M A ^a   Fernandez J L ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Distilled water; Fresh water costs; Low enthalpy geothermal waters

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COASTAL AREA; COLDER WATER; COST EFFECTIVE; DISTILLED WATER; ECONOMIC ISSUES; FRESH WATER; FRESH WATER COSTS; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL WATER; ME-XICO; PLANT DESIGNS; PRODUCTION FLOWS; PRODUCTION RATES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

COASTAL ZONES; ENTHALPY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; WATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; ENTHALPY; FRESHWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAWATER;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 71249100680     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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