Effectiveness of desalination powered by a tracking solar array to treat saline bore water

Desalination

Volumn 293, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-103

  Peterson, Eric Laurentius ^a,b   Gray, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct normal irradiation (DNI); El Ni o Southern Oscillation Index (SOI); Global horizontal irradiation (GHI); Photovoltaic; Pressure driven membranes; Renewable energy; Reverse osmosis; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIATION (DNI); GLOBAL HORIZONTAL IRRADIATION (GHI); PHOTOVOLTAIC; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IRRADIATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUN; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

SALINE WATER;

DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRESSURE EFFECT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SALINITY; SOLAR POWER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84859480830     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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