Where does solar-aided seawater desalination make sense? A method for identifying sustainable sites

Desalination

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-17

  Grubert, Emily A ^a   Stillwell, Ashlynn S ^a,b   Webber, Michael E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Energy intensity; Geographic information systems multicriteria decision analysis (GIS MCDA); Renewable energy; Site selection; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION FACILITIES; ENERGY INTENSITY; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NATURAL CONDITIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; SUSTAINABLE SITE;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DESALINATION; FEEDWATER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SITE SELECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WATER FILTRATION; DESALINATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DESALINATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; SEAWATER; SITE SELECTION; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84896885370     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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