Experimental and simulation study of an air gap membrane distillation module with solar absorption function for desalination

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Chang, H ^a   Chang, C L ^a   Ho, C D ^a   Li, C C ^a   Wang, P H ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air gap membrane distillation; Desalination; Modeling; Optimization; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251523172     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.1880     Document Type: Article

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