Exergetic efficiency of NF, RO and EDR desalination plants

Desalination

Volumn 378, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-99

  Qureshi, Bilal Ahmed ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electrodialysis; Energy recovery device; Exergetic efficiency; Pressure retarded osmosis; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ELECTRODIALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NANOFILTRATION; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

BRACKISH WATER DESALINATION PLANTS; DESALINATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRODIALYSIS REVERSAL; ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; SECOND LAW EFFICIENCIES; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION; SALINITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944181616     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.09.027     Document Type: Article

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