Performance of reverse osmosis pilot plant powered by Photovoltaic in Jordan

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3452-3460

  Qiblawey, Hazim ^a,b   Banat, Fawzi ^a   Al Nasser, Qais ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Brackish; Desalination; Jordan; Photovoltaic; Renewable energy; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BATTERY STORAGE; BRACKISH; DESALINATION UNITS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY SUPPLIES; EUROPEAN UNION; JORDAN; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OPERATING PRESSURE; OPERATION STRATEGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PV PANEL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SALT CONTENT; SALT REJECTIONS; SALTY WATER; SOLAR INSOLATION; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SUNSHINE HOUR; TECHNICAL DETAILS; WATER DESALINATION; WATER PRODUCTION;

DESALINATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PILOT PLANTS; POTABLE WATER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RURAL AREAS; WATER CONTENT; WATER FILTRATION;

OSMOSIS;

BRACKISH WATER; DATA SET; DESALINATION; DESIGN; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EUROPEAN UNION; INSOLATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRESSURE EFFECT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

JORDAN;

EID: 79960168963     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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