Membrane distillation: Solar and waste heat driven demonstration plants for desalination

Desalination

Volumn 323, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-106

  Schwantes, R ^b   Cipollina, A ^a   Gross, F ^b   Koschikowski, J ^b   Pfeifle, D ^b   Rolletschek, M ^b   Subiela, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^c Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desalination; GOR; Membrane distillation; Solar energy; System design

Indexed keywords

DEMONSTRATION PLANTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FULL-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS; GOR; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR;

SOLAR ENERGY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WASTE HEAT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; SOLAR POWER; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880331073     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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