Design recommendations for solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC)-powered reverse osmosis (RO) desalination

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-53

  Delgado Torres, Agustín M ^a   García Rodríguez, Lourdes ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Solar desalination; Solar organic Rankine cycle (solar ORC); Solar reverse osmosis; Solar thermal energy

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; HEAT STORAGE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY; WATER FILTRATION;

BRACKISH WATER DESALINATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; SOLAR DESALINATION; SOLAR DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY;

RANKINE CYCLE;

EID: 82355175862     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.135     Document Type: Review

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