Renewable energy powered membrane technology: The effect of wind speed fluctuations on the performance of a wind-powered membrane system for brackish water desalination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 34-44

  Park, Gavin L ^a   Schäfer, Andrea I ^b   Richards, Bryce S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intermittent operation; Power fluctuation; Renewable energy; Reverse osmosis; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FEED WATER; INTERMITTENT OPERATION; LARGE POWER; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; NACL CONCENTRATION; OPERATING RANGES; OPERATING WINDOWS; PERIOD OF OSCILLATION; PERMEATE FLUX; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; START-UPS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND ENERGY; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBULENCE; WIND-SPEED FLUCTUATIONS;

DESALINATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPEED; TURBULENCE; WATER FILTRATION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; VELOCITY; WIND POWER;

EID: 79951556358     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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