Solar thermal-powered desalination: A viable solution for a potential market

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作者
Buenaventura Pouyfaucon, Arturo [1 ]
Garcia-Rodriguez, Lourdes [2 ]
机构
[1] Abongoa Spain, C Energia Solar 1, Seville 41014, Spain
[2] Univ Seville, ETSI, Dept Ingn Energet, Camino Los Descubrimientos S-N, Seville 41092, Spain
关键词
Solar desalination; Solar reverse osmosis desalination; Solar distillation; Membrane distillation; ORGANIC RANKINE-CYCLE; REVERSE-OSMOSIS DESALINATION; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION UNIT; SEA-WATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER DESALINATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; BRACKISH-WATER; MED-TVC; PRELIMINARY DESIGN;
D O I
10.1016/j.desal.2017.12.025
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
This paper deals with an assessment of solar thermal-powered desalination technologies in order to identify key issues for developing market opportunities. The topic of selecting the best solar desalination solution is analysed, case by case, considering different scenes: i) Rural communities with limited fresh water demand; Regions with high demands of both, water and electricity and iii) Intermediate water demands. Detailed analyses of solar thermal-driven desalination - i.e. distillation and Reverse Osmosis (RO) - in comparison to solar PV/RO are presented. The quantitative assessment performed highlights that membrane distillation systems, when fully developed, will have market opportunities at very small-capacity seawater desalination systems. Besides that, dish concentrators coupled to micro gas turbines in case of limited water demand is a promising option. A single unit could produce about 10 m(3)/h of fresh water from seawater and several units could be coupled to drive the same desalination plant. Moreover, the only stand-alone systems with market opportunities for intermediate water production are based on reverse osmosis driven by parabolic troughs or linear Fresnel concentrators by means of organic Rankine Cycles. Finally, water demands over 25,000 m(3)/d require both, a solar power plant and a reverse osmosis desalination plant.
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