Simulation of solar vacuum membrane distillation unit

Desalination

Volumn 324, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-92

  Abdallah, Samira Ben ^a   Frikha, Nader ^a   Gabsi, Slimane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Distillation; Membrane; Modeling; Seawater desalination; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DAILY PRODUCTION; DESALINATION PLANT; HOLLOW FIBRE; SEAWATER DESALINATION; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEAWATER; SOLAR ENERGY; VACUUM;

WATER FILTRATION;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAWATER; SIMULATION; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84879998705     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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