Preliminary experimental analysis of a small-scale prototype SWRO desalination plant, designed for continuous adjustment of its energy consumption to the widely varying power generated by a stand-alone wind turbine

Applied Energy

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-239

  Carta, José A ^a   González, Jaime ^a   Cabrera, Pedro ^a   Subiela, Vicente J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applied renewable energy; Continuously adjustable load; Desalination; Seawater reverse osmosis; Supercapacitors; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CAPACITORS; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DESALINATION PLANT; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUPER CAPACITOR;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SIMULATION; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84908434459     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.093     Document Type: Article

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