Energy-optimal control of RO desalination

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 7409-7420

  Gao, Larry ^a   Rahardianto, Anditya ^a   Gu, Han ^a   Christofides, Panagiotis D ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEAWATER EFFECTS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; WATER FILTRATION;

ENERGY-OPTIMAL CONTROLS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MODEL-BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SUPERVISORY CONTROLLERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES;

DESALINATION;

EID: 84900451507     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie402304d     Document Type: Article

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