Preliminary design of seawater and brackish water reverse osmosis desalination systems driven by low-temperature solar organic Rankine cycles (ORC)

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2913-2920

  Delgado Torres, Agustín M ^a   García Rodríguez, Lourdes ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Solar desalination; Solar ORC; Solar organic Rankine cycle; Solar reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

APERTURE AREA; BRACKISH WATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; COOLING PROCESS; FRESH WATER; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; ISOPENTANE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; PER UNIT; PHASE CHANGE; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS; RO DESALINATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR DESALINATION; SOLAR ORC; SOLAR ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR THERMAL; VOLUMETRIC FLOW; WORKING FLUID;

BUTANE; DESALINATION; DESIGN; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; RANKINE CYCLE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77955469863     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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