Portable and integrated solar-driven desalination system using membrane distillation for arid remote areas in Saudi Arabia

Desalination

Volumn 345, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-49

  Chafidz, Achmad ^a   Al Zahrani, Saeed ^a   Al Otaibi, Mansour N ^a   Hoong, Choo F ^b   Lai, Tan F ^b   Prabu, Manoharan ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Memsys Clearwater Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Membrane distillation; Photovoltaic; Portable; Renewable energy; Solar desalination; Thermal collector

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; POTABLE WATER; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PORTABLE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR DESALINATION; THERMAL COLLECTORS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DRINKING WATER; MEMBRANE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84899988396     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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