Pushing desalination recovery to the maximum limit: Membrane and thermal processes integration

Desalination

Volumn 416, Issue , 2017, Pages 54-64

  Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil ^a   Burhan, Muhammad ^a   Ng, Kim Choon ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adsorption cycle; Desalination hybrids; Maximum recovery; Reverse osmosis; Seawater desalination; Thermal desalination

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION CYCLE; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; FEED WATER QUALITIES; GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL; MARKET EXPANSIONS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; THERMAL DESALINATION; THERMALLY DRIVEN;

DESALINATION;

ADSORPTION; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85018961959     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2017.04.024     Document Type: Article

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