Desalination techniques — A review of the opportunities for desalination in agriculture

Burn, Stewart; Hoang, Manh; Zarzo, Domingo; Olewniak, Frank; Campos, E.; Bolto, B.A.; Barron, Olga

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2015.01.041

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“…Examples of crops grown in Spain with desalinated water are fresh vegetables, fruits, tomatoes, pepper, watermelons, oranges, and table grapes. Kuwait uses about 13% of its desalination capacity (1 million m 3 /day) for agriculture (Burn et al, 2015). Saudi Arabia, the world's largest single producer of desalinated water, utilizes only 0.5% of its desalination capacity for agriculture.…”

Section: World's Experience On Desalination For Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Al-Jabri, Ahmed brane distillation, which should reduce disposal costs per unit of water produced (Burn et al, 2015). Ahmed et al (2002) discussed brine disposal in Oman.…”

Section: Opportunities and Challenges Of Adopting Desalination For Agmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other countries, such as Italy, Australia, China, Chile, Qatar, Bahrain, and USA are using desalinated water for agriculture at varying amounts. Figure 5 shows that only 2% of global desalinated water is used for agricultural purposes (adapted from Burn et al, 2015). Farmers in Al Batinah, and other coastal areas in Oman, are starting to use small-size desalination units to produce good-quality irrigation water for their farms (Al Jabri et al, 2015).…”

Section: World's Experience On Desalination For Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, high recovery of desalinated water is available with new technologies, such as mem- Global desalination capacity (%) Destination Figure 5. Global desalination capacities by sector (Burn et al, 2015).…”

Section: Opportunities and Challenges Of Adopting Desalination For Agmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Use of renewable energy for desalination in urban agriculture in the GCC countries: Possibilities and challenges

Al-Jabri

Ahmed

2018

Jour. Agri. & Mar. Scie.

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The current dependence of the GCC countries on fossil oil and gas is unwise in terms of economic and environmental sustainability. GCC countries must consider the use of renewable energy to cope with price fluctuations of oil and gas in the global market and to lower the emission of green house gases. The demand for food and water in the GCC countriesis increasing due to high growth rate of population. Given the weather conditions and available amounts of natural water resources, the demand on food and water cannot be met unless alternative sources of water are considered. Several studies pointed out that the desalination technology is probably the only option for producing ample amounts of water for food production in arid environments. This work explores the potential of use of desalination technology for producing irrigation water in GCC countries, with special emphasis on experience of the Sultanate of Oman compared with that of Spain. Desalination can always provide a tailored-quality irrigation water at any climatic conditions. The main challenge for considering desalination for agriculture is purely economic; where GCC countries could consider it only if intensive horticulture of high-value cash crops, such as vegetables and flowers in controlled environments, is considered. Disposal of brine water is also a challenge and must be done at an additional cost. Depending on the quality of desalinated water, several studies showed that solar-operated desalination technologies are in a mature stage and economically viable. Therefore, solar energy can make the desalination technology an attractive option to sustain agriculture and food supply in GCC countries.

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Section: World's Experience On Desalination For Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Al-Jabri, Ahmed brane distillation, which should reduce disposal costs per unit of water produced (Burn et al, 2015). Ahmed et al (2002) discussed brine disposal in Oman.…”

Section: Opportunities and Challenges Of Adopting Desalination For Agmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: World's Experience On Desalination For Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Opportunities and Challenges Of Adopting Desalination For Agmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Use of renewable energy for desalination in urban agriculture in the GCC countries: Possibilities and challenges

Al-Jabri

Ahmed

2018

Jour. Agri. & Mar. Scie.

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“…The major costs in desalination are related to energy which can represent between 30% and 50% of the operating costs [4]. To improve system efficiency and reduce cost of the system was developed a step-down direct current (DC-DC) Buck type converter controlled by an MPPT algorithm for connecting to the pump responsible for pressurizing water to the RO membranes and a self-regulating pressure valve in the concentrate.…”

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Photovoltaic Powered Reverse Osmosis Plant for Brackish Water without Batteries with Self Acting Pressure Valve and MPPT

Mendonça¹,

Carvalho²,

Praça³

et al. 2017

JEPE

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This paper presents a PV (photovoltaic) powered RO (reverse osmosis) plant for brackish water without batteries and a self-regulating pressure valve. The aim is to extract the maximum power from the PV module using an MPPT (maximum power point tracking) technique for powering a solar water pump and maintain constant the pressure in the RO membranes by using the self-operated valve. A Buck type converter using the InCond (incremental conductance) MPPT was developed for this application. The MPPT chosen was simulated, tested and validated, showing an efficiency of 86.8%. The technical feasibility of the RO plant was made by PLC (programmable logic controller) and was tested for two salinity levels (1,000 and 1,500 mg/L of TDS (total dissolved solids)). These salinity levels chosen are commonly found in most brackish water wells of the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil. The RO plant could permeate 175.3 L/day of drinking water with 120 mg/L of TDS and specific energy consumption of 2.56 kWh/m 3 .

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Post‐Treatment of Desalinated Water

Rehman¹,

Zaini²,

Lal³

2022

Gas Hydrate in Water Treatment

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Desalination techniques — A review of the opportunities for desalination in agriculture

Cited by 360 publications

References 61 publications

Use of renewable energy for desalination in urban agriculture in the GCC countries: Possibilities and challenges

Use of renewable energy for desalination in urban agriculture in the GCC countries: Possibilities and challenges

Photovoltaic Powered Reverse Osmosis Plant for Brackish Water without Batteries with Self Acting Pressure Valve and MPPT

Post‐Treatment of Desalinated Water

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