Seawater reverse osmosis desalination driven by a solar Organic Rankine Cycle: Design and technology assessment for medium capacity range

Desalination

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-91

  Peñate, Baltasar ^a   García Rodríguez, Lourdes ^b  

^a Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Optimised design; Reverse osmosis seawater desalination; Solar desalination; Solar Organic Rankine Cycles; Solar thermal driven desalination; Technology comparison

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION PLANT; DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ISOLATED AREAS; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; PARABOLIC TROUGH; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR DESALINATION; SOLAR DESALINATION SYSTEMS; SOLAR FIELDS; SOLAR ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE; STAND-ALONE OPERATION; TECHNOLOGY COMPARISON; THERMAL DRIVEN;

DESALINATION; DESIGN; OSMOSIS; RANKINE CYCLE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SOLAR SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY; WATER FILTRATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DESALINATION; DESIGN; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 83255194064     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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