Design aspects of small-scale photovoltaic brackish water reverse osmosis (PV-BWRO) system

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 210-223

  Poovanaesvaran, P ^a   Alghoul, M A ^a   Sopian, K ^a   Amin, N ^a   Fadhel, M I ^a   Yahya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Desalination; Photovoltaic; Reverse osmosis; Small scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953708557     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.1824     Document Type: Article

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