Efficient thermal desalination technologies with renewable energy systems: A state-of-the-art review

Esfahani, Iman Janghorban; Rashidi, Jouan; Ifaei, Pouya; Yoo, ChangKyoo

doi:10.1007/s11814-015-0296-3

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“…Among them, solar desalination technologies have received considerable attention all over the world due to its applicability to arid or remote regions. Various solar desalination technologies have been examined and reviewed [1,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The global applicability and opportunities of solar desalination have been further demonstrated by researchers [1,8,11].…”

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“…Specially, Adrian et al [8] identified 30 nations with high applicability and 28 countries with 'moderate applicability' by a newly proposed method. Detailed reviews of the principles and features of different solar desalination technologies have been provided [9,10,13] . Sharon et al [10] also discussed briefly the advantage and disadvantages of each technology as well as the problems existing in desalination processes.…”

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“…Sharon et al [10] also discussed briefly the advantage and disadvantages of each technology as well as the problems existing in desalination processes. Special focus of thermodynamic and thermo-economic analysis of solar desalination systems were presented by Iman et al [9]. However, only limited application cases were shown in these reviews so that the present status and development of specific technologies were not clearly shown.…”

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Application of solar energy in water treatment processes: A review

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The utilization of solar energy to drive water treatment processes is a potential sustainable solution to the world's water scarcity issue. In recent years, significant efforts have been devoted to developing and testing innovative solar based water treatment technologies, which are comprehensively reviewed in this paper. Recent developments and applications of seven major solar desalination technologies, solar photocatalysis process and solar disinfection are investigated. Potential integration of solar technologies and desalination processes are summarized. By collecting and analysing performance data from recent studies, the status of productivity, energy consumption and water production costs of different technologies is critically reviewed. The real world applicability as well as technical and economic feasibility is also evaluated. Presently, most of the solar water treatment processes are still under development with limited real applications. Economic competitiveness is among the major reasons that affect the scaling up and commercialization. It is revealed that the reported water costs of small to medium scale solar desalination plants are in the range of US$0.2-22/m 3 , much higher than conventional fossil fuel based plants. However, the estimated low water costs (US$0.9-2.2/m 3) for large scale solar based plants indicate that solar based alternatives will become potentially viable in the near future.

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Application of solar energy in water treatment processes: A review

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“…Using hybrid systems, developing renewable energies, and optimizing the working conditions are among the most attractive ideas . Due to this fact, using renewable energy sources and optimizing operating conditions of desalination units result in more environmentally friendly performance …”

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“…59,60 Due to this fact, using renewable energy sources and optimizing operating conditions of desalination units result in more environmentally friendly performance. 61,62 In this study, solar farm is used to provide the thermal energy of a steam power plant which produces required electricity for a reverse osmosis water treatment system. Afterward, regarding the preheating of the reverse osmosis feed water, the optimum temperature for a certain concentration is determined.…”

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Multiobjective optimization design of the solar field and reverse osmosis system with preheating feed water using Genetic algorithm

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Hadiannasab

Bidi

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In this article the solar energy is utilized to generate needed steam for a power generation cycle which in turn provides the required power of a RO system. Optimization was carried out on two levels. First, Economizer, Evaporator, Super heater in power generation cycle as well as the type of membrane, PV numbers and series were optimized. In addition, the optimum design of a solar field for the system was carried out and the collector specifications, number of branches, and flow rate were designed. Based on the first level, optimization was designed to reduce costs and increase the permeate water production and reduction in costs and pressure drop of the solar filed. Preheating of the RO feed water had different effects on the production of fresh water at various concentrations. For feed water with constant flow rate and concentration of 45 000 ppm, the maximum rate of permeate flow was obtained at 26°C, while for concentration of 35 000 ppm, the maximum permeate flow rate was achieved at 33°C. By using 5 parallel elements SW30XLE‐400 for RO system, in the optimized condition, permeate flow rate and recovery were 9494.19 (m3/day) and 59.5%, respectively. In this condition, the unit production cost of water was 0.6046 ($/m3).

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Review on Productivity Enhancement of Passive Solar Stills

Suraparaju

Natarajan

2022

Renewable Energy Technologies

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Efficient thermal desalination technologies with renewable energy systems: A state-of-the-art review

Cited by 62 publications

References 196 publications

Application of solar energy in water treatment processes: A review

Application of solar energy in water treatment processes: A review

Multiobjective optimization design of the solar field and reverse osmosis system with preheating feed water using Genetic algorithm

Review on Productivity Enhancement of Passive Solar Stills

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