A new process of desalination by air passing through seawater based on humidification-dehumidification process

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5108-5114

  El Agouz, S A ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Air humidification and dehumidification process; Desalination system; Energy conservation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER FILTRATION; WATER LEVELS;

AIR FLOW-RATE; DESALINATION SYSTEM; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; HUMID AIR; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION PROCESS; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; NEW PROCESS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRINCIPAL OPERATING PARAMETERS; SINGLE STAGE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DESALINATION;

AIRFLOW; DESALINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIDITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649865617     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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