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Performance of reverse osmosis pilot plant powered by Photovoltaic in Jordan
Qiblawey, Hazim; Banat, Fawzi; Al-Nasser, Qais - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 12, pp. 3452-3460
to boost the integration of desalination units with renewable energy in rural areas. The work focused on the study of … Water desalination by Reverse Osmosis (RO) and electricity generation using Photovoltaic Technology (PV) with additional …
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Modeling and optimization of a solar driven membrane distillation desalination system
Chang, Hsuan; Wang, Gow-Bin; Chen, Yih-Hang; Li, Chien-Chang - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 12, pp. 2714-2722
The desalination technology using membrane distillation driven by solar energy is a feasible solution for reducing the … energy cost. A dynamic simulation model for a solar driven membrane distillation desalination system (SMDDS) is developed on …
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Parametric theoretical study of a two-stage solar organic Rankine cycle for RO desalination
Kosmadakis, G.; Manolakos, D.; Papadakis, G. - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 5, pp. 989-996
desalination. The main goal of the current simulation is to estimate the efficiency, as well as to calculate the annual mechanical … energy available for desalination in the considered cases, in order to evaluate the influence of various parameters on the …
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The atmospheric steam engine as energy converter for low and medium temperature thermal energy
Müller, Gerald - In: Renewable Energy 53 (2013) C, pp. 94-100
Many industrial processes and renewable energy sources produce thermal energy with temperatures below 100 °C. The cost-effective generation of mechanical energy from this thermal energy still constitutes an engineering problem. The atmospheric steam engine is a very simple machine which...
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The cost of water from an autonomous wave-powered desalination plant
Folley, Matt; Whittaker, Trevor - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 1, pp. 75-81
A techno-economic model of an autonomous wave-powered desalination plant is developed and indicates that fresh water … can be produced for as little as £0.45/m3. The advantages of an autonomous wave-powered desalination plant are also …
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An investigation of the parameters involved in simple solar still with inclined yute
Abd Elkader, M. - In: Renewable Energy 14 (1998) 1, pp. 333-338
Desalination of water has been one of the most important technological work undertaken in many countries, in particular …
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“Energy Tower” combined with pumped storage and desalination: Optimal design and analysis
Omer, E.; Guetta, R.; Ioslovich, I.; Gutman, P.O.; … - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 4, pp. 597-607
optimized design of a system that is a combination of an ET, pumped storage and seawater desalination plant is considered. A … desalination process, and from using pumped storage in an unconventional way. The benefits of the combined system lead to an …
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Adaptive strategies of on-farm water management under water supply constraints in south-eastern Spain
Martínez-Alvarez, V.; García-Bastida, P.A.; … - In: Agricultural Water Management 136 (2014) C, pp. 59-67
The study analyses the effect of irrigation water constraints on-farm management in the Campo de Cartagena Irrigation District (south-eastern Spain), which is characterised by a semi-arid climate with a marked structural water deficit. The methodology applied was the comparative assessment of...
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Exergo-environmental analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Gran Canaria
Blanco-Marigorta, Ana M.; Masi, Marco; Manfrida, Giampaolo - In: Energy 76 (2014) C, pp. 223-232
In this paper an exergo-environmental analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands …
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Experimental study of a humidification-dehumidification solar technique by natural and forced air circulation
Kabeel, A.E.; Hamed, Mofreh H.; Omara, Z.M.; Sharshir, S.W. - In: Energy 68 (2014) C, pp. 218-228
An experimental investigation of a desalination system based on the HDH (humidification and dehumidification) of air is … water heater is integrated with the desalination unit. The air is circulated either by natural or forced circulation. The …
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