Performance characteristics of a solar humidification dehumidification unit using packed bed of screens as the humidifier

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 17-28

  El Shazly, A H ^a   El Gohary, M M ^a   Ossman, M E ^b  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^b Faculty of Engineering Marine Engineering Department Alex University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desalination; Efficiency of solar collector; Humidification dehumidification process; Packed bed screen packing; Productivity of humidification dehumidification unit; Solar collector

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954224632     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1083     Document Type: Article

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