Constructal design of humidification-dehumidification desalination unit architecture

Desalination

Volumn 271, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 62-71

  Mehrgoo, M ^a   Amidpour, M ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Constructal theory; Desalination; Humidification dehumidification; Morphology; Packing bed; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

AIR CIRCULATION; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTAL THEORY; DESALINATION UNITS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; FIXED FLOW; FLOW ARCHITECTURES; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW PERFORMANCE; FLOW SYSTEMS; FRESH WATER PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CONSTRAINTS; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION DESALINATION PROCESS; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS METHOD; TUBE DIAMETERS; VAPOR MIXTURE; WATER PRODUCTION;

ASPECT RATIO; AVAILABILITY; BODIES OF REVOLUTION; CONDENSER TUBES; DESALINATION; DESIGN; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MORPHOLOGY; POTENTIAL FLOW; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER FILTRATION; WATER VAPOR;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

DESALINATION; DESIGN METHOD; FLOW STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79952248111     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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