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Marcel Wieghaus
Researcher at Fraunhofer Society
Publications - 8
Citations - 989
Marcel Wieghaus is an academic researcher from Fraunhofer Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Desalination & Membrane distillation. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 884 citations.
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Solar thermal-driven desalination plants based on membrane distillation☆
TL;DR: In this article, Fraunhofer ISE is developing a solar thermally driven stand-alone desalination system for brackish water from wells or saltwater from the sea.
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Desalination by a “compact SMADES” autonomous solarpowered membrane distillation unit
TL;DR: In this paper, a stand-alone solar-driven membrane desalination unit was designed and manufactured under project funding agreement number ICA3-CT-2002-10025 (SMADES).
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Performance evaluation of the “large SMADES” autonomous desalination solar-driven membrane distillation plant in Aqaba, Jordan
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the first few months of operation of a large seawater desalination system at the Marine Science Station (MSS) of Aqaba, Jordan.
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Experimental investigations on solar driven stand-alone membrane distillation systems for remote areas
Joachim Koschikowski,Marcel Wieghaus,Matthias Rommel,Vicente Subiela Ortín,Baltasar Peñate Suarez,Juana Rosa Betancort Rodríguez +5 more
TL;DR: The Fraunhofer ISE developed solar thermally driven compact desalination systems based on membrane distillation (MD) for capacity range between 100 and 500 L/day and larger systems for the capacity range up to 10 m3/day as mentioned in this paper.
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PV and thermally driven small-scale, stand-alone solar desalination systems with very low maintenance needs
Hassan E.S. Fath,Samy M. Elsherbiny,Alaa A. Hassan,Matthias Rommel,Marcel Wieghaus,Joachim Koschikowski,Mostafa Vatansever +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal performance of a membrane distillation (MD) solar desalination unit located at the Mechanical Engineering Department site, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, is presented.