A solar desalination system: Exergetic performance assessment

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 379-392

  Ibrahim, Ayman G M ^a,b   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b  

^a El Weili   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desalination; Design enhancement; Exergy; Improvement potential; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; MATLAB; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR-COOLED CONDENSERS; DESIGN ENHANCEMENT; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGETIC PERFORMANCE; IMPROVEMENT POTENTIAL; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; SOLAR DESALINATION SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT;

DESALINATION;

EID: 84931269894     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.05.060     Document Type: Article

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