Optimal design of thermal membrane distillation systems with heat integration with process plants

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-166

  González Bravo, Ramón ^a   Elsayed, Nesreen A ^b   Ponce Ortega, José María ^a   Nápoles Rivera, Fabricio ^a   El Halwagi, Mahmoud M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy integration; Heat integration; Optimization; Seawater desalination; Thermal membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ECONOMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATION; INVESTMENTS; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENERGY INTEGRATION; HEAT INTEGRATION; HEAT-EXCHANGE NETWORKS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS; PREHEATING TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SUPERSTRUCTURE REPRESENTATION;

DISTILLERIES;

EID: 85027956497     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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