Assessment of a stand-alone gradual capacity reverse osmosis desalination plant to adapt to wind power availability: A case study

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4372-4384

  Peñate, Baltasar ^a   Castellano, Fernando ^a   Bello, Alejandro ^a   García Rodríguez, Lourdes ^b  

^a Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gradual capacity; Medium scale; Reverse osmosis desalination; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DESALINATION; DESIGN; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WATER FILTRATION; WIND POWER;

AVAILABLE ENERGY; COASTAL AREA; COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DESALINATION PLANT; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; GRADUAL CAPACITY; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; MEDIUM SCALE; OFF-GRIDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER PRODUCTION; WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS; WIND POWER AVAILABILITY; WIND RESOURCES;

OSMOSIS;

COASTAL ZONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; DESIGN METHOD; INNOVATION; OSMOSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEAWATER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

EID: 79959380842     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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