Water Desalination using geothermal energy

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1423-1442

  Goosen, Mattheus ^a   Mahmoudi, Hacene ^b,c   Ghaffour, Noreddine ^d  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HASSIBA BENBOUALI UNIVERSITY OF CHLEF   (Algeria)

^c CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Barriers to growth; Case studies; Environmental risks; Geothermal energy; Market potentials; Renewable energy; Water desalination

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DESALINATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CASE-STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; MARKET POTENTIAL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WATER DESALINATION;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 77957257601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3081423     Document Type: Review

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