Minimizing the total cost of multi effect evaporation systems for seawater desalination

Desalination

Volumn 344, Issue , 2014, Pages 431-445

  Druetta, Paula ^a   Aguirre, Pio ^a   Mussati, Sergio ^a  

^a El INGAR Instituto de Desarollo y Diseno   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Multi effect evaporation systems; Non linear programming (NLP); Optimization; Total annualized cost

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WATER FILTRATION;

GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; MULTI-EFFECT EVAPORATION SYSTEMS; NOMINAL CAPACITIES; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

COST ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84899786310     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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