Productivity intensification of humidification-dehumidification desalination unit by using pulsed water flow regime

Desalination

Volumn 293, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-60

  El Shazly, A H ^a   Al Zahrani, A A ^a   Alhamed, Y A ^a   Nosier, S A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Humidification dehumidification; Mass and heat transfer; Pulsed flow

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR-WATER; DESALINATION UNITS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER UNITS; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; INLET COOLING; INLET WATER TEMPERATURES; LIQUID FLOW; OFF TIME; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; WATER FLOWS; WATER PULSATION;

AIR; DESALINATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRAULICS; PULSATILE FLOW; WATER FILTRATION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

DESALINATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84859500880     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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