Development of a mobile groundwater desalination system for communities in rural India

Li, Qiyuan; Lian, Boyue; Wang, Yuan; Taylor, Robert A.; Dong, Michelle; Lloyd, Tracey; Liu, Xuefei; Tan, Joel; Ashraf, Mahmud; Waghela, Divyang; Leslie, Greg

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2018.08.001

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“…To mention but some-type of renewable resources available, kind of water (seawater or brackish water), existence of grid electricity, size of plant and remoteness of the area-these factors will determine which combinations are suitable (Eltawil et al 2008;Tzen and Morris 2003). Among the desalination technologies in the market, RO is considered the least energy-consuming technique; thus, it is the one most used to combine with renewable energy units for water desalination (Li et al 2018). Currently, RO is the most efficient water treatment technology, with consumption ranging between 2 and 5 kWh/m 3 (according to the type of treated water, i.e.…”

Section: Desalination Techniques and Renewable Energy Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable energy powered membrane desalination — review of recent development

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Staš

Roubík

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Due to current water stress, there is a problem with hygiene and sanitation in many parts of the world. According to predictions from the United Nations, more than 2.7 billion people will be challenged by water scarcity by the middle of the century. The water industry is increasingly interested in desalination of the sea, ocean, and brackish water. Desalination processes are widely classified as thermal or membrane technologies. In the Middle East, thermal desalination remains the primary technology of choice, but membrane processes, for example reverse osmosis (RO), have evolved rapidly and in many other parts of the world are currently even surpassing thermal processes. The purpose of this paper is to review the renewable energy source, the technology, desalination systems, and their possible integration with renewable energy resources and their cost. This article suggests that the most practical renewable desalination techniques to be used are the solar photovoltaic integrated RO desalination process, the hybrid solar photovoltaic-wind integrated RO desalination process, the hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) integrated RO desalination process, and the hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal effect distillation (PVT-MED) desalination process. However, intensive research is still required to minimize the cost, reduce the heat loss, enhance the performance, and increase the productivity.

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Section: Desalination Techniques and Renewable Energy Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable energy powered membrane desalination — review of recent development

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Staš

Roubík

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…To investigate the solar-tube MD system's effectiveness, experimental data on the VMD module was scaled to the balcony system, as shown in Figure 1. The economic analysis was based on the 'lean canvas' approach, whereby the input parameters are shown in Table 2 [31]. The total cost for desalination system consists of initial capital costs (direct and indirect) and annual maintenance and operational costs.…”

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A novel concentrated solar membrane-distillation for water purification in a building integrated design

Charlton

Omar

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“…This inventive combination of STC and MD unit exhibits an unconventional method that integrates both units into an effective, inexpensive, and more compact units with lesser heat loss throughout the energy flow from STC into the MD processes. According to the economic study, a method known as the "Lean Canvas" approach was implemented on the directly integrated SPMD system focusing at rural communities of Gujarat, India (Li et al, 2018).…”

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