Parametric equations for the variables of a steady-state model of a multi-effect desalination plant

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 4-6, 2013, Pages 1229-1241

  Palenzuela, Patricia ^a   Alarcón, Diego ^a   Zaragoza, Guillermo ^a   Blanco, Julián ^a   Ibarra, Mercedes ^a  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Modeling; Multi effect distillation; Solar desalination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875775840     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.704718     Document Type: Article

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