Performance of a 5 kWe solar-only organic Rankine unit coupled to a reverse osmosis plant

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 2251-2260

  Ibarra, M ^a   Rovira, A ^b   Alarcon Padilla D C ^a   Zaragoza, G ^a   Blanco, J ^a  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ORC; Reverse osmosis; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT STORAGE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENERGY;

ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES; LOW TEMPERATURE ENERGY; OPERATION CONDITIONS; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE(ORC); PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY;

RANKINE CYCLE;

EID: 84902261238     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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