A systems-integration approach to the optimization of macroscopic water desalination and distribution networks: A general framework applied to Qatar's water resources

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-171

  Atilhan, Selma ^a   Mahfouz, Abdullah Bin ^b   Batchelor, Bill ^b   Linke, Patrick ^a   Abdel Wahab, Ahmed ^a   Nápoles Rivera, Fabricio ^c   Jiménez Gutiérrez, Arturo ^c   El Halwagi, Mahmoud M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desalination; Optimization; Qatar; Water distribution; Water network; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DESALINATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS; QATAR; STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; THERMAL DESALINATION PLANT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER NETWORKS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862126120     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-011-0387-8     Document Type: Article

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