Economic analysis of desalination technologies in the context of carbon pricing, and opportunities for membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 323, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-74

  Kesieme, Uchenna K ^a,b,c   Milne, Nicholas ^a   Aral, Hal ^a,d   Cheng, Chu Yong ^b,c   Duke, Mikel ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c not available   (Australia)

^d Jervois Mining Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Desalination; Economics and waste heat; Membrane distillation; Price

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; SEAWATER EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT;

CARBON TAXES; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; PRICE; SEAWATER DESALINATION; THERMAL DESALINATION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

COSTS;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; GROUNDWATER; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; RECOVERY; SEAWATER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84880326591     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.03.033     Document Type: Article

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