Desalination by using alternative energy: Review and state-of-the-art

Mathioulakis, E.; Belessiotis, V.; Delyannis, Euridike-Emmy

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.531

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“…Thus, brackish water desalination is promising as an alternative approach to increase the freshwater supply for drinking, irrigation and other purposes [76]. Mature desalination technologies such as thermal desalination, reverse osmosis (RO), and electrodialysis (ED) are typically energy-intensive and result in significant operating costs, high water prices and potential environmental impacts [73,75,77]. Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy have been applied to drive the desalination systems but the capital and operating costs are still high [77].…”

Section: Bes For Freshwater Supply To Agriculturementioning

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“…Mature desalination technologies such as thermal desalination, reverse osmosis (RO), and electrodialysis (ED) are typically energy-intensive and result in significant operating costs, high water prices and potential environmental impacts [73,75,77]. Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy have been applied to drive the desalination systems but the capital and operating costs are still high [77]. These drawbacks associated with traditional desalination technologies have implied a need for developing new desalination technologies with economic, energy and environmental benefits [78].…”

Section: Bes For Freshwater Supply To Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Development of Bioelectrochemical Systems to Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Abu-Reesh

2015

Agriculture

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Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) are a newly emerged technology for energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment. Much effort as well as significant progress has been made in advancing this technology towards practical applications treating various types of waste. However, BES application for agriculture has not been well explored. Herein, studies of BES related to agriculture are reviewed and the potential applications of BES for promoting sustainable agriculture are discussed. BES may be applied to treat the waste/wastewater from agricultural production, minimizing contaminants, producing bioenergy, and recovering useful nutrients. BES can also be used to supply irrigation water via desalinating brackish water or producing reclaimed water from wastewater. The energy generated in BES can be used as a power source for wireless sensors monitoring the key parameters for agricultural activities. The importance of BES to sustainable agriculture should be recognized, and future development of this technology should identify proper application niches with technological advancement.

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Section: Bes For Freshwater Supply To Agriculturementioning

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Section: Bes For Freshwater Supply To Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Development of Bioelectrochemical Systems to Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Abu-Reesh

2015

Agriculture

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“…Desalination of seawater or brackish water has become an important process to obtain clean water worldwide due to the limited freshwater sources [1]. One of the problems for desalination is the remaining trace elements in the product water, such as boron.…”

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Enhanced boron removal by electricity generation in a microbial fuel cell

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2016

Desalination

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“…The coupling of small-capacity reverse osmosis desalination with solar energy is a promising field of development in the desalination sector and being the most common desalination process, with the potential to improve its sustainability by minimizing or completely eliminating the dependence on fossil fuels (Carvalho et al, 2013;Davis, 2013;Mathioulakis et al, 2007). The attractiveness of a PV system lies particularly in its high reliability and relative ease of installation.…”

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confidence: 99%