Fundamentals and costing of MSF desalination plants and comparison with other technologies

Borsani, R.; Rebagliati, S.

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2005.03.007

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“…Lower costs have been reported in the Ashkelon (Israel) and Tuas (Singapore) plants ($0.47/kL-$0.51/kL) [305]. In the Middle East where seawater is the main water supply, MSF is leading the desalination market [346]. Coupling or collocating power generation and water generation is a priority due to the high demand of both electrical power and potable water.…”

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Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications

Camacho

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Zhang

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Water

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Membrane distillation is a process that utilizes differences in vapor pressure to permeate water through a macro-porous membrane and reject other non-volatile constituents present in the influent water. This review considers the fundamental heat and mass transfer processes in membrane distillation, recent advances in membrane technology, module configurations, and the applications and economics of membrane distillation, and identifies areas that may lead to technological improvements in membrane distillation as well as the application characteristics required for commercial deployment. Keywordsa function of temperature, vapor pressure, and of the gas molecular mass K 0 membrane characteristic defined by Equation (9) Kn Knudsen number K(T) a function of temperature and molecular weight of the gas l mean free path of the molecules l m distance between parallel spacer fibres (m) LEP Limit Entry Pressure (kPa) M molecular mass (g/mol) M w molecular weights of water (g/mol) M a molecular weights of air (g/mol) n number of CNTs per unit cross section in bucky-paper P pressure in the air gap (kPa) half time to reach the maximum intensity-laser flash technique (s) t proportion of conductive heat (balance due to evaporative heat) loss through the membrane T mean temperature in the pores (K)

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“…RO and ED are the most commonly utilized desalination processes for brackish water treatment [346]. RO is considered the most economic technology for large scale seawater desalination, followed by MSF and MED [8].…”

Section: Cost Of Competing Technologiesmentioning

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Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications

Camacho

Dumée

Zhang

et al. 2013

Water

635

342

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“…System efficiency is low if operated at variable load and variable operating conditions. This affects a plant's life [3][4][5][6]13,25]. An energy storage system or an alternative back-up source of energy is therefore required to run the desalination plant continuously at constant load.…”

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“…In addition they are less sensitive to scaling, cheaper and more adequate for limited capacity [4][5][6]14,25].…”

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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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Integrated Membrane Systems for Desalination

Drioli

Macedonio

2010

Membrane Technology

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Fundamentals and costing of MSF desalination plants and comparison with other technologies

Cited by 166 publications

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Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications

Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications

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

Integrated Membrane Systems for Desalination

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