Desalination using low grade heat in the process industry: Challenges and perspectives

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 446-457

  Ammar, Yasmine ^a   Li, Hanning ^b   Walsh, Conor ^c   Thornley, Patricia ^c   Sharifi, Vida ^b   Roskilly, Anthony P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desalination; Heat pump; Humification dehumidication; Low grade heat; Multi effect distillation; Process industry

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT; WATER SUPPLY;

HEAT PUMPS; HUMIFICATION-DEHUMIDICATION; LOW GRADE HEAT; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; PROCESS INDUSTRIES;

DESALINATION;

EID: 84863107061     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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