Experimental investigation of a two-stage solar humidification-dehumidification desalination process

Desalination

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Zamen, M ^a,b   Soufari, S M ^a   Vahdat, S Abbasian ^a   Amidpour, M ^b   Zeinali, M A ^a   Izanloo, H ^c   Aghababaie, H ^d  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Humidification dehumidification; Solar desalination; Two stage process

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; PILOT PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WASTE HEAT; ARID REGIONS; COSTS; WATER;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRESH WATER PRODUCTION; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION DESALINATION PROCESS; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION PROCESS; SOLAR DESALINATION; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

COST ESTIMATING;

DESALINATION; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84887338374     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.10.018     Document Type: Article

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