Pilot demonstration of concentrated solar-powered desalination of subsurface agricultural drainage water and other brackish groundwater sources

Desalination

Volumn 355, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-196

  Stuber, Matthew D ^a   Sullivan, Christopher ^b   Kirk, Spencer A ^b   Farrand, Jennifer A ^b   Schillaci, Philip V ^b   Fojtasek, Brian D ^b   Mandell, Aaron H ^a  

^a WaterFX Inc   (United States)

^b ATSI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption heat pump; Energy efficiency; MED; Renewable energy; Solar desalination

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION HEAT PUMPS; AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATER; BRACKISH GROUND WATER; CONCENTRATED SOLAR; MED; PILOT DEMONSTRATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR DESALINATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DRAINAGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GROUNDWATER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84909983182     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.037     Document Type: Article

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