Energy and water without carbon: Integrated desalination and nuclear power at Diablo Canyon

Bouma, Andrew T.; Wei, Quantum J.; Parsons, John E.; Buongiorno, Jacopo; Lienhard, John H.

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119612

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“…In an outstanding report on the levelized cost of water (LCOW) Bouma et al, [56] also demonstrated the importance of integrating technologies. The authors evaluated the technical and economic viability of integrating an electrically driven large-scale seawater desalination plant (i.e., seawater reverse osmosis, SWRO) with an existing nuclear power plant on California's central coast (Figure 8).…”

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“…According to Bouma et al, [56] electrically driven SWRO, in contrast to thermal desalination processes, was best for retrofitting current power plants because the mechanical turbines that generate electricity from steam and condensers that convert vapor to liquid water, would not need costly changes. There was a significant cost saving as shown by a levelized cost of water (LCOW) analysis which ranged from $0.77 to $0.98 per m 3 of fresh water.…”

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“…Figure 8. Schematic of a cogeneration-desalination system integrated with a nuclear power plant (adapted from Bouma et al, [56])…”

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“…Well-trained reactor operators will determine the safe and efficient operation of nuclear power plants, and it is not an option to conduct the training using a real nuclear power reactor. Meanwhile, a target of zero carbon emission in 2060 might encourage the use of more nuclear power plants in the future [8], [9]. Given its technology, developments of new concepts of nuclear power reactors require computer-based codes for reactor design and safety analyses [10]- [12].…”

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Energy and water without carbon: Integrated desalination and nuclear power at Diablo Canyon

Cited by 10 publications

References 33 publications

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Harnessing dimethyl ether with ultra-low-grade heat for scaling-resistant brine concentration and fractional crystallization

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