Exergy analysis of micro-organic Rankine power cycles for a small scale solar driven reverse osmosis desalination system

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1295-1306

  Tchanche, B F ^a   Lambrinos, Gr ^a   Frangoudakis, A ^a   Papadakis, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Desalination; Exergy analysis; Organic Rankine engines

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; EVAPORATORS; EXERGY; FLOW GRAPHS; FLUIDS; GRAPH THEORY; GRAPHIC METHODS; REFRIGERANTS; REGENERATORS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TOPOLOGY; TURBINES;

EXERGY ANALYSIS; HEAT SOURCE TEMPERATURES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PINCH POINT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; RANKINE; REGENERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; THERMODYNAMIC PERFECTION;

HEAT ENGINES;

DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLOW; ENGINE; EXERGY; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBINE;

EID: 73149121152     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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