Life-cycle environmental assessment of solar-driven Multi-Effect Desalination (MED) plant

Solar desalination: A review of recent developments in environmental, regulatory and economic issues

“…The authors concluded that a partnership between communities and the government was best for meeting pollution emissions reduction targets. In a related study, Alhaj, et al, [28] examined how the environmental life cycle of a solar driven conventional multi-effect desalination (MED) plant can be minimized through integration and optimization. Their lifecycle assessment (LCA) results indicated that most of the impact occurred due to electric pumping energy.…”

Recent Development in Laminar Transition Metal Dichalcogenides‐Based Membranes Towards Water Desalination: A Review

“…World Health Organization (WHO) suggested maximum salinity level 250 to 500 ppm for drinking water. The desalination processes considered as a backbone of globe in these days and provide 97 million m 3 fresh water supply up to 300 million people each day in the world [13] . Among desalination processes and technologies, the reverse osmosis (RO) is considered as a more advance and energy efficient technology [14] to purify sea and brackish water since 1960s, compared to conventional distillation methods.…”

“…The desalination processes considered as a backbone of globe in these days and provide 97 million m 3 fresh water supply up to 300 million people each day in the world. [13] Among desalination processes and technologies, the reverse osmosis (RO) is considered as a more advance and energy efficient technology [14] to purify sea and brackish water since 1960s, compared to conventional distillation methods. The RO is membrane-based separation process in which water is pushed through semi-permeable membrane under external pressure, and effectively separate the salts and other unwanted solutes from water.…”

Design and Investigation of a Dynamic Auto-Adjusting Ejector for the MED-TVC Desalination System Driven by Solar Energy

“…The fast-growing development of seawater desalination and solar energy utilization technology advances the applications of solar seawater desalination technology [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. Since the solar concentrated photothermal system has high solar thermal efficiency and can produce a high-grade heat source, the multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination system driven by concentrating photothermal energy has become a focus of research in the field of solar seawater desalination technology [ 4 , 5 ]. Ejectors have been widely used in MED desalination systems due to their simple mechanical structures and the ability to reduce energy consumption [ 6 , 7 , 8 ].…”