Thermodynamic optimisation of multi effect distillation driven by sensible heat sources

Desalination

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-167

  Christ, Alexander ^a   Regenauer Lieb, Klaus ^a,b   Chua, Hui Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distillation; Evaporator; Low grade heat; MED; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATORS; WASTE HEAT;

ADVANCED SYSTEMS; BASIC PRINCIPLES; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; LOW GRADE HEAT; LOW GRADE HEAT SOURCES; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

DISTILLERIES;

BENCHMARKING; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT SOURCE; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84893173177     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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