Improved approach to steady state simulation of multi-effect distillation plants

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 93-110

  Trostmann, Andreas ^a  

^a ILF CONSULTING ENGINEERS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Multi effect distillation (med); Opus ; Process simulation; Thermal desalination; Thermal vapour compression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954204784     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.701     Document Type: Article

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