Multi-criteria sustainability assessment of water desalination and energy systems - Kuwait case

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Afgan, Naim Hamdi ^a   Darwish, Mohammed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Electric power and water cogeneration; Environment indicators; Multi criteria; Social indicators; Sustainability; Technological indicators; Water desalination economic indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251492033     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.1764     Document Type: Article

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