A hybrid solar desalination system of air humidification, dehumidification and water flashing evaporation: Part II. Experimental investigation

Desalination

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-60

  Kabeel, A E ^a   El Said, Emad M S ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Flashing desalination; Humidification dehumidification; Hybrid; Nano fluid

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SUN; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER FILTRATION;

CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; HYBRID; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR DESALINATION SYSTEMS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLOW; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER FLOW;

EGYPT; GHARBIYA; TANTA;

EID: 84896304270     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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