Large-Scale Solar Thermal Desalination Plants: A Review

Mittelman, Gur; Mouchtar, Ornit; Dayan, Abraham

doi:10.1080/01457630701421711

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“…The study focussed on the development of solar collection systems coupled with multiple effect distillation process. The technical and economic issues of some experiences on MED integrated with evacuated tube collectors, with parabolic trough collectors as well as with compound parabolic concentrator collectors have been presented and discussed [68]. For membrane processes, solar energy is used to produce electricity.…”

Section: Solar Desalinationmentioning

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A review on the coupling of cooling, desalination and solar photovoltaic systems

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Fournaison

Delahaye

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Section: Solar Desalinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They can be used in remote rural areas. Mittelman et al [68] presented a review study on large scale solar thermal desalination plants. The study focussed on the development of solar collection systems coupled with multiple effect distillation process.…”

Section: Solar Desalinationmentioning

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A review on the coupling of cooling, desalination and solar photovoltaic systems

Byrne

Fournaison

Delahaye

et al. 2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…An extensive literature exists on the use and potential use of renewable energy for desalination facilities. Several reviews of this literature already exist (see, for instance, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]). As such, this study makes no attempt to review this.…”

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Transboundary Exchanges of Renewable Energy and Desalinated Water in the Middle East

Katz

Shafran

2019

Energies

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The Levant area of the Middle East suffers from both chronic water scarcity and high population growth. It is also a region highly dependent of fossil fuels. In order to address current and expected water demands, several countries in the region, including Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA), are depending increasingly on desalination, which is expected to intensify energy consumption and energy related emissions. Given that the region also benefits from high levels of solar irradiation nearly year-round, much attention has been given to the possibility of developing renewable energy in general and for desalination specifically. This paper presents partial results of a pre-feasibility study assessing the prospects of transfers of desalinated water from Israel and/or the PA, which have access to the Mediterranean Sea, to Jordan, in exchange for renewable solar-produced electricity from Jordan, which, unlike its neighbors, has an abundance of available open space suitable for solar production. The analysis shows that single-axis tracking photovoltaic (PV) systems appear to be the most economically feasible option. Moreover, the study shows that the proposed idea of international cooperation and water-energy exchanges, while facing political obstacles, could provide numerous economic, environmental and geopolitical benefits to all parties involved. As such, an arrangement such as that examined may be a more promising means of promoting both desalination and renewable energy than if each country unilaterally develops desalination and renewable energy in isolation from one another.

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“…Extensive works in the literature investigated solar-driven MED or solar-driven thermal desalination in general which indicate significant interest in these technology category (Mittelman et al 2007, Nafey et al 2010, Norwood and Kammen 2012, Askari and Ameri 2016, Bataineh 2016, Cipollone et al 2016, Alhaj et al 2017a. Most of these papers investigated plant design, solar collector choice, process optimization, or development of better computer models.…”

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Integrating concentrated solar power with seawater desalination technologies: a multi-regional environmental assessment

Alhaj

Al-Ghamdi

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Using renewable energy to power seawater desalination technologies can reduce the environmental impacts of a process which is essential for global water security. However, the uneven geospatial distribution of renewable energy resources and regions of water scarcity results in unequal environmental benefits which creates uncertainty for global policy making. Hence, this study explores the relation between renewable energy resources, freshwater demand, and associated environmental impacts of desalination plants driven by renewable energy at a global scale using a comparative lifecycle assessment approach. We focus on an optimized solar-driven thermal desalination plant that we developed which can be used in seawater and brackish water treatment. By examining the life-cycle impact of the proposed plant in seven water-stressed cities, we found that the mean value for CO 2 emissions is 4.32 kg CO 2 eq./m 3 of desalted water which is 47% lower than conventional thermal desalination. There is a variation by as much as 80% and 95% in the climate change and water depletion, categories respectively across the selected cities. The multi-city analysis provides energy and water utilities, CSP project developers, and environmental authorities a global assessment of the environmental impact of solar desalination and sheds light on the correlation between solar intensity and seawater conditions on the overall environmental impact of this technology.

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Large-Scale Solar Thermal Desalination Plants: A Review

Cited by 20 publications

References 20 publications

A review on the coupling of cooling, desalination and solar photovoltaic systems

A review on the coupling of cooling, desalination and solar photovoltaic systems

Transboundary Exchanges of Renewable Energy and Desalinated Water in the Middle East

Integrating concentrated solar power with seawater desalination technologies: a multi-regional environmental assessment

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