Technical evaluation of stand-alone solar powered membrane distillation systems

Desalination

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 332-341

  Saffarini, Rasha B ^a   Summers, Edward K ^b   Arafat, Hassan A ^a   Lienhard V, John H ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

AGMD; Membrane distillation; Numerical modeling; Solar desalination

Indexed keywords

AGMD; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FIELD CONDITIONS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE FLUXES; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFF-GRIDS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PILOT SYSTEM; SOLAR DESALINATION; SOLAR-POWERED MEMBRANE DISTILLATIONS; TECHNICAL EVALUATION;

BENCHMARKING; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RATING; SUN; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FILTRATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84856028630     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.11.044     Document Type: Article

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