A thermally-driven seawater desalination system: Proof of concept and vision for future sustainability

Since the 1970s, commercial-scale thermally-driven seawater desalination plants have been powered by low-grade energy sources, drawn either with low-pressure bled-steam from steam turbines or the solar renewable energy harvested that are supplied at relatively low temperatures. Despite the increasin...

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Published in:	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Main Authors:	Raid Alrowais, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Muhammad Burhan, M.T. Bashir, Qian Chen, Ben Bin Xu, M. Kumja, Christos N. Markides, Kim Choon Ng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-07-01
Subjects:	DCSEC system Thermal desalination Experimental study Sustainable desalination Thermal energy storage
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X22003306

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