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Huang et al. do not report any heat demand, which contrasts with our results because volume reduction processes such as mechanical evaporator require heat.
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- Authors
- Al-Karaghouli, A., & Kazmerski, L. L.
- Affiliations
- National Laboratory of the Rockies (US)
- Corresponding author
- Al-Karaghouli, Ali
- Venue
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-08
- Volume
- 24
- Pages
- 343-356
- ISSN
- 1364-0321 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1983622780
- Cited by
- 1,274
- References
- 59
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- FWCI
- 28.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Membrane Separation Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
- Keywords
- desalination, renewable energy, energy consumption, water production cost, multi-stage flash distillation, multi-effect distillation, vapor compression, mechanical vapor compression, thermal vapor compression, reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, solar thermal energy, photovoltaics, wind energy, geothermal energy, low-temperature heat, water scarcity
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