Economic study for an affordable small scale solar water desalination system in remote and semi-arid region

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 543-551

  Shatat, Mahmoud ^a   Worall, Mark ^a   Riffat, Saffa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Remote areas; Solar energy CO 2 emissions; Water desalination

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; ECONOMIC PARAMETERS; EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR; REMOTE AREAS; SOLAR DESALINATION; SOLAR POWERED WATER DESALINATION; WATER DESALINATION;

ARID REGIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESALINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER FILTRATION;

EID: 84878842290     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.05.026     Document Type: Review

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