Entropy generation analysis of desalination technologies

Entropy

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1829-1864

  Mistry, Karan H ^a   McGovern, Ronan K ^a   Thiel, Gregory P ^a   Summers, Edward K ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^b   Lienhard, John H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Energy efficiency; Entropy generation; HD; MD; MED; MSF; MVC; RO; Second law efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655171911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e13101829     Document Type: Article

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