Ethanol concentration by forward osmosis with solar-regenerated draw solution

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1351-1358

  Schrier, Joshua ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooking; Ethanol; Evaporation; Forward osmosis; HCCI; Homogeneous charge compression ignition

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; DAILY PRODUCTION; DISTILLATION PROCESS; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; ETHIOPIA; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FUEL-GRADE ETHANOLS; HCCI; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NONIDEALITY; PRODUCTION RATES; SOLAR EVAPORATION; THAILAND;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COOKING; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; IGNITION; METEOROLOGY; OSMOSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ETHANOL;

CHLORIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FERMENTATION; HOMOGENEITY; METEOROLOGY; OSMOSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 84859441291     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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