Renewable energy-driven desalination for more water and less carbon

Mehmood, Aamir; Ren, Jingzheng

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820539-6.00011-x

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“…However, the share of renewable energies is forecast to increase progressively in the near future, albeit in combination with traditional sources, in order to minimize pressure on non-renewable fossil fuels [161]. In any case, renewable energies can only serve as a complement to other types of energies, due to their limitations and their unpredictable nature [162].…”

Section: Use Of Renewable Energies In Water Desalinationmentioning

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Commercial Thermal Technologies for Desalination of Water from Renewable Energies: A State of the Art Review

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Thermal desalination is yet a reliable technology in the treatment of brackish water and seawater; however, its demanding high energy requirements have lagged it compared to other non-thermal technologies such as reverse osmosis. This review provides an outline of the development and trends of the three most commercially used thermal or phase change technologies worldwide: Multi Effect Distillation (MED), Multi Stage Flash (MSF), and Vapor Compression Distillation (VCD). First, state of water stress suffered by regions with little fresh water availability and existing desalination technologies that could become an alternative solution are shown. The most recent studies published for each commercial thermal technology are presented, focusing on optimizing the desalination process, improving efficiencies, and reducing energy demands. Then, an overview of the use of renewable energy and its potential for integration into both commercial and non-commercial desalination systems is shown. Finally, research trends and their orientation towards hybridization of technologies and use of renewable energies as a relevant alternative to the current problems of brackish water desalination are discussed. This reflective and updated review will help researchers to have a detailed state of the art of the subject and to have a starting point for their research, since current advances and trends on thermal desalination are shown.

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Section: Use Of Renewable Energies In Water Desalinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commercial Thermal Technologies for Desalination of Water from Renewable Energies: A State of the Art Review

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A comprehensive overview of environmental footprints of water desalination and alleviation strategies

Shokri

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2022

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Demand-Side Optimal Sizing of a Solar Energy–Biomass Hybrid System for Isolated Greenhouse Environments: Methodology and Application Example

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The water–energy–food nexus has captured the attention of many researchers and policy makers for the potential synergies between those sectors, including the development of self-sustainable solutions for agriculture systems. This paper poses a novel design approach aimed at balancing the trade-off between the computational burden and accuracy of the results. The method is based on the combination of static energy hub models of the system components and rule-based control to simulate the operational costs over a one-year period as well as a global optimization algorithm that provides, from those results, a design that maximizes the solar energy contribution. The presented real-world case study is based on an isolated greenhouse, whose water needs are met due to a desalination facility, both acting as heat consumers, as well as a solar thermal field and a biomass boiler that cover the demand. Considering the Almerian climate and 1 ha of tomato crops with two growing seasons, the optimal design parameters were determined to be (with a solar fraction of 16% and a biomass fraction of 84%): 266 m2 for the incident area of the solar field, 425 kWh for the thermal storage system, and 4234 kW for the biomass-generated power. The Levelized Cost of Heat (LCOH) values obtained for the solar field and biomass boiler were 0.035 and 0.078 /kWh, respectively, and the discounted payback period also confirmed the profitability of the plant for fuel prices over 0.05 /kWh. Thus, the proposed algorithm is useful as an innovative decision-making tool for farmers, for whom the burden of transitioning to sustainable farming systems might increase in the near future.

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Renewable energy-driven desalination for more water and less carbon

Cited by 3 publications

References 164 publications

Commercial Thermal Technologies for Desalination of Water from Renewable Energies: A State of the Art Review

Commercial Thermal Technologies for Desalination of Water from Renewable Energies: A State of the Art Review

A comprehensive overview of environmental footprints of water desalination and alleviation strategies

Demand-Side Optimal Sizing of a Solar Energy–Biomass Hybrid System for Isolated Greenhouse Environments: Methodology and Application Example

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