The Need of Desalination for Economic Development in the Remote Arid Areas
The Need of Energy for Desalination
The Availability of Renewable Energy
The Economic and Social Benefits of Using Renewable Energy for Desalination
The Renewable Energies in the Antiquity
The Sun and the Radiation Emitted
The Extraterrestrial Radiation
The Co-Ordinate Systems: The Basic Solar Angles
Computation of Insolation at the Earth' Surface
Cost of a Solar Hot Water System
Heliostates: Types and Design Shapes
Heliostat Field: Heliostat Layout
Heliostat Field: Cosine Effect
Heliostat Field: Preliminary Sizing of the Field
Heliostat Field: Usefulness Efficiency
Principal Images and Relation between Receiver and Image Planes
Models to Predict the Solar Flux Density Distribution on the Image Plane
Modified Simple (Passive) Stills
Characteristics of Flat-Plate Collectors
Dynamic Operational Characteristics of a Collector
Current Designs of Evacuated Tube Collectors
Analysis of Flat Plate Evacuated Tube Collector
Analysis of Concentric-Tube Collector
Performance of Evacuated Tube Collectors
Case Study (Collector Field at the Abu Dhabi Solar Desalination Plant)
Brief History of Trough Development
Configuration of Simple Solar Stills
Basic Parameters and Energy Demand for Osmosis
Solar Power Conversion Systems
Reverse Osmosis System Configuration and Operation Aspects
Worldwide Distribution of Wind Energy Resources
Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy Utilization
Evaluation of Greenhouse Warming Mitigation Potential of Wind Power
Heat Transfer from Geothermal Reservoirs
Water Production from Geothermal Sources
Idealized Liquid-Dominated Reservoirs
Water and Power Generation: Effects of Some System Parameters
Multiple-Effect and Multistage Distillation Processes
Sun Geometry Perceived by an Observer - Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere
Concepts of Scattering and Absorption - Terrestrial Radiation
Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere - Spectral Distribution of the Radiation
Design of Solar Fields with Parabolic-trough Collectors
Different Ways to Couple a Parabolic-trough Solar Field with an Industrial Process
The Direct Steam Generation Technology
Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Parabolic-trough Collectors
Electricity Generation with Parabolic-trough Collectors
Parabolic-trough Collectors: Working Principle and Components
Optical, Thermal and Geometrical Losses in a Parabolic-trough Collector
Energy Flow and Thermal Energy Delivered by a Parabolic-trough Collector
Artificial Solar Photochemical Processes
Biological Photosynthetic Processes
Photochemical Synthetic Applications
Solar Photocatalytic Processes to Water Contaminants Treatment
Properties of Radiation Fluxes
Description of Abu Dhabi Solar Desalination Plant
Measurements and Data Acquisition System
Plant Operation and Maintenance Activities
Comparing the Design Parameters of the Solar Plant with the Experimental Results
Economic Considerations and Comparison with Conventional MED Plants
Low Temperature Solar Collectors
Thermal Analysis of Collectors
Evaluation of Solar Photo Flux inside Photoreactors
Simplified Methods for Comparing Experiments when working with Solar Radiation
Review of Desalination Technologies
Performance of Selected RE Desalination Projects
Commercial Desalination Processes and Their Energy Consumption
Available Renewable Energy Sources
Devices for Transforming Renewable Energy into Useful Energy for Desalination
Coupling of Desalination Processes and Renewable Energy
Selection Criteria among Different RE Desalination Technologies
Atmospheric Effects and Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) Spectrum
Preparing, Coating and Incorporating TiO2. Thickness of the TiO2-containing Layer
Increasing the Photocatalytic Efficacy. Better Harvesting Sun Light
Hydrophilicity Induced by Solar Irradiation Contributes to the Self-cleaning Effect
Limitations to the Self-cleaning Effect
Measurements of the Self-cleaning Efficacy
Measurements of the Mechanical and Optical Properties of Self-cleaning Materials
Can Self-cleaning Materials Significantly Contribute to Outdoor Air Pollutants Removal?
Do TiO2-containing, Self-cleaning Materials Present a Potential Health Risk?
Fundamental Parameters in Solar Photocatalysis
Factors Affecting Solar Photocatalysis
Solar Collectors for Photochemical Processes
Solar Photocatalytic Treatment Plants
Water Phase Photocatalytic Applications
Solar-TiO2 Photocatalytic Treatment of Chlorophenols
Solar-TiO2 Photocatalytic Treatment of Pesticides
Solar-TiO2 Photocatalytic Treatment of NBCS
Assessment of Recent Developments in Thermal Desalination Systems
Water and Power Production by Co-generation
Comparison of the MED with MSF and SWRO Desalting Systems
MED with Innovative Adsorption Cycle (MEDAD)
MED with Plate Heat Exchangers (PHEs)
Thermal Analysis of large ME-TVC System
Omnicolar Photothermal and Photovoltaic Converters
Multicolor photothermal power plants
Thermodynamics of Solar Photovoltaic Conversion
Upper Limit efficiencies of Photovoltaic energy conversion
Comparison of Theoretical and Practical Efficiencies of Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
Matlab/Simulink Modeling Environment
Introduction to Forward Osmosis
Drawbacks of Forward Osmosis Desalination
Successful Applications of Desalination
Desalination: Past Trends and Future Drivers
Desalination: Considerations, Challenges and Opportunities
Global State of Brine Production
Brine production: Considerations, Challenges and Opportunities
An Overview of Conventional Desalination System
Features of Adsorption – Adsorption Principle, Adsorbent and Refrigerants
Hybrid Adsorption System Cogenerating Desalination and Cooling Effect
Developments in Adsorption Desalination System: Different Configurations
Absorption Desalination System- An Overview
Large Scale Absorption Desalination System
Installations of the Adsorption and Absorption Desalination Systems
Solar Thermal Desalination – Fundamentals and Concepts
Solar Thermal Desalination Processes for Potable Water Production
Multi-Stage Solar Desalination Systems
Energy and Exergy Analysis of Evacuated Multi-Stage Solar Desalination System
Parameters Influencing Performance of Evacuated Multi-stage/Effect Solar Desalination Units
Distribution of Desalination Systems and Demonstration of Some Solar Multi-Stage Units
Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
Maximum Work Potential of Open Systems and the Concept of Exergy
Cogeneration in Thermal Power Plants
Cogeneration in Solar Power Plants
Principles and Configurations of MD
Challenges in Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination
Wetting Phenomena in Membrane Distillation
Effects of Operational Parameters on Wetting
Wetting Prevention and Control
Water and Salt Transport Mechanisms
Membrane-Based Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination Technology
Categories of renewable energy potentials
Types of solar electric technologies
Overview of published global solar electric potentials in the literature
Review of sustainable limits for global solar electric estimates
Measures to mitigate sustainability impacts of solar electricity
Evolution of Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Energy Consumption
Energy Recovery in Reverse Osmosis Desalination - State Of The Art
Overview and Comparison of Energy Recovery Devices
The Water Situation in the Gulf Region
Desalination production in the Arabian Gulf States
Function of the Arabian Gulf water system
Considerations for Efficiency and Sustainability of Desalination Systems
Factors other than Energy in Desalination Systems
Other Factors: Supply of Membranes, Pretreatment Chemicals
The Industrial Ecology Paradigm
Sustainability of Desalination Systems