Application of the Boosted MED process for low-grade heat sources - A pilot plant

Desalination

Volumn 366, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-58

  Christ, Alexander ^a   Regenauer Lieb, Klaus ^b   Chua, Hui Tong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Multi Effect Distillation; Renewable energy; Seawater; Simulation; Thermal desalination; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; EVAPORATORS; SEAWATER; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WASTE HEAT;

COOLING WATER TEMPERATURE; HEAT SOURCE TEMPERATURES; LOW GRADE HEAT SOURCES; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; PROCESS SIMULATION MODEL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIMULATION; THERMAL DESALINATION;

PILOT PLANTS;

EID: 84929061340     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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