Design of a biomass power plant for burning date palm waste to cogenerate electricity and distilled water

Renewable Energy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 286-291

  Mallaki, Mehrdad ^a   Fatehi, Rouhollah ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PERSIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; Cogeneration; Date palm; Rankine cycle; Thermal desalination

Indexed keywords

BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS POWER PLANTS; COGENERATION; DATE PALM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE-EFFECT EVAPORATOR; THERMAL DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RANKINE CYCLE; SEAWATER EFFECTS; STEAM POWER PLANTS; WATER FILTRATION; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; COGENERATION; COMBUSTION; DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EVERGREEN TREE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PLANT PRODUCT; POWER PLANT; THERMODYNAMICS; MONOCOTYLEDON;

BUSHEHR; IRAN;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 84885464888     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.09.036     Document Type: Article

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