A small solar desalination plant for the production of drinking water in remote arid areas of southern Algeria

Bouchekima, Bachir

doi:10.1016/s0011-9164(03)90071-3

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“…For example, as stated by the Prodes Group-Experts [12], the target for the use of solar energy (SE) is a 3-5% share of new installations in the global desalination market by 2016. Worldwide, several small-scale RE-driven desalination plants have been installed and most of them have been successfully operated and proved that they need very simple maintenance [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. However, a major goal is to identify and assess RE sources as a precondition to satisfy the ever growing demand for freshwater in an economically and environmentally sustainable way especially in water-scarce regions.…”

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Renewable energy-driven desalination technologies: A comprehensive review on challenges and potential applications of integrated systems

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Despite the tremendous improvements in conventional desalination technologies, its wide use is still limited due primarily to high energy requirements which are currently met with expensive fossil fuels. The use of alternative energy sources is essential to meet the growing demand for water desalination. In the last few decades a lot of effort has being directed in the use of different renewable energy (RE) sources to run desalination processes. However, the expansion of these efforts towards larger scale plants is hampered by several techno-economic challenges. Several medium-scale RE-driven desalination plants have been installed worldwide. Nevertheless, most of these plants are connected to the electrical grid to assure a continuous energy supply for stable operation. Furthermore, RE is mostly used to produce electric power which can be used to run desalination systems. This review paper focusses on an integrated approach in using RE-driven with an emphasis on solar and geothermal desalination technologies. Innovative and sustainable desalination processes which are suitable for integrated RE systems are presented. An assessment of the benefits of these technologies and their limitations are also discussed.

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“…reverse osmosis (RO), electrodialisys (ED)) and distillation processes (mechanical vapor compression (MVC)) driven by electricity or mechanical energy produced by renewable energy sources. Furthermore, hybrid systems also show great promise with, for example, geothermal brine being used directly in membrane distillation technology to feed a solar still (Houcine, et al, 1999;Bouchekima, 2003). It can be argued that the most promising and current features related to membrane distillation (MD) are in the use of seawater and/or waste heat recovery systems (e.g.…”

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Today's and Future Challenges in Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies for Desalination

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2014

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Recent trends and challenges in applications of INTRODUCTIONAdequate and dependable fresh water resources are major issues confronting many nations worldwide (Maila, 2006;Goosen et al., 2011aGoosen et al., & 2011bHuang, 2010; Lund, 2007; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a Mahmoudi et al., & 2010b. With the world's energy demand increasing much research has been directed at overcoming these challenges and in particular in using renewable energy to help meet the power needs for water desalination (Huang, 2010; Lund, 2007; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a;Serpen et al., 2010). However, Goosen (2012) and Gottinger and Goosen (2012) argued that while development opens up and advances economies, and creates new wealth, millions are forced to struggle to make meaning of the darker side of development that is not environmentally sustainable. In the past, the world's ecosystems (i.e. air, land and water) were able to absorb the environmental damage resulting from extensive industrialization and development. Nevertheless, with the rapid increases in global population and industrialization, as well as enhanced demands on natural resources such as fresh water supplies, the earth is no longer able to sustain a healthy and balanced ecosystem (Laboy-Nieves, 2009; Laboy et al., 2009; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a Mahmoudi et al., , 2010b Misra, 2000). The sustainability of the society in which we live is determined not only by technical and economic progress, but also by environmental management (Abdulla et al., 2009; Gottinger and Goosen, 2012; Laboy et al., 2010; Maila, 2006). Sustainable development using more renewable energy sources, by improving energy efficiency and reducing water demand and waste production is now considered by many as being the model to follow (Goosen et al., 2004; Goosen, et al., 2009aGoosen, et al., , 2009b Misra, 2000). Elimelech and Philip (2011), for example, reported on the possible reductions in energy demand by desalination technologies, and the role of innovative technologies in improving the sustainability of desalination as a technological solution to global water shortages ( Figure 1). They argued that future research to improve the energy efficiency of desalination should focus on, for example, the pre-treatment and posttreatment stages of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plants. Furthermore, Peñate & García-Rodríguez (2012a) presented a comprehensive review of the main innovations and future trends in the design of SWRO desalination technology with an emphasis on improving process performance and efficiency. They concluded that desalination with renewable energies is an attractive combination that will help to reduce stress on existing water supplies.The economic potential and environmental benefits of renewable energies, such as geothermal, solar, wave and wind, and their applications to reducing overall energy requirements have been described in a number of recent articles (Cataldi, et al., 1999;Huang, 2010;Goosen et al., 2011b; Lund, 2007; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a;Serpen et al., 2010;Stefansson, 2005)....

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“…90%) of the great expanse of the Sahara Desert. This district has fresh water shortages but also has plenty of solar energy (Bouchekima, 2003), wind energy (Mahmoudi et al, 2009a(Mahmoudi et al, , 2009b and important geothermal reservoirs (Fekraoui and Kedaid, 2005;Mahmoudi et al, 2010). The amalgamation of renewable resources with desalination and water purification is thus very attractive for this district (Table 2).…”

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“…About 60% of the plants power was used for heat and desalination. Bourouni et al (1999aBourouni et al ( , 1999bBourouni et al ( , 2001) reported on installations using humidification dehumidification processes in the form of evaporators and condensers made of polypropylene and operated at a temperature between 60 and 90 0 C. Bouchekima (2003) reported on the use of brackish underground geothermal water to feed a solar still installed in the South of Algeria. Furthermore, with the recent progress in membrane distillation technology, the utilization of direct geothermal brine with temperature up to 60 0 C has shown promise (Houcine, et al, 1999).…”

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Application of Renewable Energies for Water Desalination

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Ghaffour³

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Desalination, Trends and Technologies

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A small solar desalination plant for the production of drinking water in remote arid areas of southern Algeria

Cited by 49 publications

References 16 publications

Renewable energy-driven desalination technologies: A comprehensive review on challenges and potential applications of integrated systems

Renewable energy-driven desalination technologies: A comprehensive review on challenges and potential applications of integrated systems

Today's and Future Challenges in Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies for Desalination

Application of Renewable Energies for Water Desalination

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