Desalination with a solar-assisted heat pump: An economic optimization

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 732-741

  Amin, Zakaria Mohd ^a   Maswood, Ali I ^a   Hawlader, M N A ^b   Al Ammar, Essam A ^c   Orfi, Jamel ^c   Al Ansary, Hany A ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Desalination; heat pump; payback period; solar evaporator collector

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; HEAT PUMPS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; PAYBACK PERIODS; SOLAR ASSISTED HEAT PUMP; SOLAR EVAPORATORS;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVAPORATORS; INVESTMENTS; WATER FILTRATION;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 84879470474     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2012.2192757     Document Type: Article

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