Economic Assessment of the Possible Desalination Processes for the First Unit of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Desalination Technologies Powered by SMR

“…It is worth mentioning that the specific unit base cost is a mean value, which mainly depends on the experience of DP construction, and other financial conditions of each country or region. As an instance, for some Middle East countries, the amounts of specific unit base costs for RO, MED, and MSF technologies are about 900, 1300, and 1400 $/m 3 day, respectively [20]. Total base expenses can be obtained using the following formula:…”

“…A comprehensive techno-economic analysis of the hybrid desalination technologies integrated into a VVER type nuclear reactor was carried out in 2020, in which a new economic calculation algorithm was introduced to evaluate several hybrid desalination processes [5]. Other related previously published research is addressed elsewhere [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

“…As a tool for economic assessment, the newly introduced algorithm and developed software, Techno-Economic Analysis of Nuclear Desalination (TEAND), was utilized in the previous study [5]. While the previously published articles by authors [5,12,13,19,20] provide results of technical and economic analyses of large-scale nuclear-powered desalination systems, the present article focuses on a comprehensive thermo-economic assessment of the SMR integration to the hybrid large-scale desalination plant.…”

Rapid assessment of integrated nuclear cogeneration projects using multi‐criteria indices

“…6 The use of a high-temperature reactor for desalination has been examined by Khalid et al 7 while Sadeghi et al look at the possibilities with water-cooled nuclear reactor systems. 8 Another important opportunity is production of hydrogen through water splitting technologies like low and high-temperature electrolysis as studied by El-Emam and Khamis 9 and through thermochemical routes as described by Dincer et al 10,11 Technocommercial analysis of the use of advanced reactors for hydrogen production has recently been performed by Khan. 12 One of the best known and widely practiced examples of cogeneration is the production of medically and industrially important radionuclides which can only be generated artificially in nuclear facilities via irradiation of certain target materials.…”

“…Khamis et al 1 have examined some of these possibilities for water‐cooled reactors, whereas the role of high‐temperature nuclear reactors in supporting cogeneration has been studied by Wrochna et al 2 District heating using hot water from the secondary side of the nuclear power plant has been one of the well‐known examples of nuclear cogeneration as described by Jaskolski et al 3 A generic overview of the challenges and opportunities in nuclear cogeneration with particular reference to Europe has been provided by Leurent et al 4 The opportunities include production of desalinated sea water (through thermal and membrane based desalination technologies) whose techno economic features have been studied by Khamis and El‐Emam 5 and Nisan and Dardour 6 . The use of a high‐temperature reactor for desalination has been examined by Khalid et al 7 while Sadeghi et al look at the possibilities with water‐cooled nuclear reactor systems 8 . Another important opportunity is production of hydrogen through water splitting technologies like low and high‐temperature electrolysis as studied by El‐Emam and Khamis 9 and through thermochemical routes as described by Dincer et al 10,11 Techno‐commercial analysis of the use of advanced reactors for hydrogen production has recently been performed by Khan 12 .…”