Environmental life cycle assessment of seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant powered by renewable energy

Renewable Energy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-58

  Shahabi, Maedeh P ^a   McHugh, Adam ^a   Anda, Martin ^a   Ho, Goen ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Greenhouse gas emission; Life cycle assessment; Renewable energy; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANUFACTURE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC INPUT/ OUTPUT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PERTH , WESTERN AUSTRALIA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POWERED DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

LIFE CYCLE;

DATABASE; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84897431014     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.050     Document Type: Article

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