Combined water desalination and power generation using a salinity gradient solar pond as a renewable energy source

ISES Solar World Congress 2007, ISES 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2184-2188

  Zhao, Yuchun ^a   Akbarzadeh, Aliakbar ^a   Andrews, John ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR; FRESH WATER PRODUCTION; HOMOGENOUS EQUILIBRIUM EXPANSION MODELS; HOMOGENOUS EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SALINITY GRADIENT SOLAR PONDS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR PONDS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

NOZZLE DESIGN;

EID: 84875886303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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