Optimization and economic analysis of small scale nanofiltration and reverse osmosis brackish water system powered by photovoltaics

Desalination

Volumn 353, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-74

  Garg, Manoj Chandra ^a   Joshi, Himanshu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Brackish groundwater treatment; Cost analysis; Multivariate optimization; Photovoltaic; Small scale RO NF membranes

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH GROUND WATER; COST ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SMALL SCALE;

BRACKISH WATER; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84907802885     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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