Performance evaluation of a solar and wind aided cross-flow evaporator for RO reject management

Desalination

Volumn 317, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Philip, Ligy ^a   Reddy, K S ^a   Kumar, Bhuvanesh ^a   Bhallamudi, S Murty ^a   Kannan, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Concentrate management; Natural and synthetic media; Random and structured packing; Solar and wind aided cross flow evaporator; Zero liquid discharge

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENTS; CROSS FLOWS; STRUCTURED PACKINGS; SYNTHETIC MEDIA; ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGES;

AIR; EVAPORATION; INLET FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EVAPORATORS;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPORATION; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84875261466     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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