An integrated self sufficient multipurpose plant for seawater desalination

Kuenstle, K.; Brunner, Gregory P.

doi:10.1016/s0011-9164(00)86149-4

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“…It is also shown that 59% of desalination technologies based on seawater desalination followed by brackish water 23%, river water 7%, waste water 5% and other sources 6% [72,73]. Recently, hybridization trends of desalination technologies such as MED-AD [74][75][76][77][78][79] , MSF-MED [80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93] and RO-MSF [94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106] is evolving to improve processes performance by overcoming conventional methods limitations. Thermally driven processes hybridization improve thermodynamic synergy and thermal system with membrane technologies improve fresh water recovery.…”

Section: World Desalination: Current Status Energy Utilization and Envmentioning

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Energy-water-environment nexus underpinning future desalination sustainability

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Energy-water-environment nexus is very important to attain COP21 goal, maintaining environment temperature increase below 2 o C, but unfortunately two third share of CO2 emission has already been used and the remaining will be exhausted by 2050. A number of technological developments in power and desalination sectors improved their efficiencies to save energy and carbon emission but still they are operating at 35% and 10% of their thermodynamic limits. Research in desalination processes contributing to fuel World population for their improved living standard and to reduce specific energy consumption and to protect environment. Recently developed highly efficient nature-inspired membranes (aquaporin & graphene) and trend in thermally driven cycle's hybridization could potentially lower then energy requirement for water purification. This paper presents a state of art review on energy, water and environment interconnection and future energy efficient desalination possibilities to save energy and protect environment.

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