Design of an autonomous solar desalination plant using vacuum membrane distillation, the MEDINA project

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2782-2788

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Membrane distillation; Photovoltaic cells; Solar collectors

Indexed keywords

ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; HOLLOW FIBER MODULE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NETWORK CONNECTION; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

DESALINATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PILOT PLANTS; POTABLE WATER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; VACUUM; WATER FILTRATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84889083906     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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