Helium as a carrier gas in humidification dehumidification desalination systems

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 437-444

  Prakash Narayan, G ^a   McGovern, Ronan K ^a   Lienhard V, John H ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER GAS; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SMALL SCALE; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXHIBITIONS; HELIUM; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 84869201670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2011-62875     Document Type: Conference Paper

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