Thermodynamic balancing of a fixed-size two-stage humidification dehumidification desalination system

Desalination

Volumn 369, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-139

  Chehayeb, Karim M ^a   Narayan, G Prakash ^b   Zubair, Syed M ^c   Lienhard, John H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Gradiant Corporation   (United States)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Energy effectiveness; Enthalpy pinch; Entropy generation minimization; Heat and mass exchanger; Mass extraction injection

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; DESALINATION; ENTROPY; EXTRACTION; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PACKED BEDS;

DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY EFFECTIVENESS; ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODELS; HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION; MASS EXCHANGERS; MASS EXTRACTION;

MASS TRANSFER;

DESALINATION; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84929192689     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.04.021     Document Type: Article

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