Transient performance of MED processes with different feed configurations

Desalination

Volumn 438, Issue , 2018, Pages 37-53

  Elsayed, Mohamed L ^a,b   Mesalhy, Osama ^a,b   Mohammed, Ramy H ^a,b   Chow, Louis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

MED; Seawater desalination; Steam ejectors; Water price

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; HEAT SINKS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SEAWATER; SPECIFIC HEAT;

COMPRESSOR UNITS; HEAT SOURCES; INPUT PARAMETER; MULTI-EFFECT DESALINATION; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; STEAM EJECTOR; THERMAL VAPOR COMPRESSOR; TRANSIENT OPERATION; WATER PRICES;

COOLING;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DESALINATION; FLOW FIELD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85044570422     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2018.03.016     Document Type: Article

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