An experimental investigation on MEDAD hybrid desalination cycle

Applied Energy

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 273-281

  Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil ^a   Thu, Kyaw ^b   Kim, Yong deuk ^c   Ng, Kim Choon ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption desalination; Hybrid desalination; Low grade waste heat; Multi effect desalination

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DISTILLATION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT;

ADSORPTION DESALINATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT SOURCE TEMPERATURES; LOW-GRADE WASTE HEAT; LOW-TEMPERATURE WASTE HEATS; MULTI-EFFECT DESALINATION; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; RENEWABLE SOURCES;

DESALINATION;

ADSORPTION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; WASTE;

EID: 84961381713     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.062     Document Type: Article

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