An overview on desalination & sustainability: renewable energy-driven desalination and brine management

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2304-2314

  Xevgenos, D ^a   Moustakas, K ^a   Malamis, D ^a   Loizidou, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brine treatment; Desalination; Ocean energy; Renewable energy; SOL BRINE; Solar energy; Wind energy; Zero liquid discharge (ZLD)

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TECHNOLOGY; WIND POWER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84953837818     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.984927     Document Type: Article

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