Energy-Water Nexus: Renewable-Integrated Hybridized Desalination Systems

Rabiee, Hesamoddin; Khalilpour, Rajab; Betts, John M.; Tapper, Nigel

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-813306-4.00013-6

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“…This heat can come from a boiler running on fossil fuels, waste heat, or renewable resources. Water vapor is produced in a serial pattern and, in the first stage, it is transferred through a tube to subsequent stages to further boil seawater [30]. This is a medium to high capacity desalination method, where the created vapors are condensed, to give the necessary enthalpy of condensation to the seawater that feeds the system [31].…”

Section: Multi Effect Distillationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A scheme of the MED desalination process is shown in Figure 2. [30] Industrial MED systems include up to 12 evaporation effects, giving them a water production capacity from 600 to 30,000 m 3 /day. The evaporation in the first effect is driven by the vapor extracted from the cogeneration boilers.…”

Section: Multi Effect Distillationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first MSF plant was built in the 1950s, however, despite the fact that multi stage flash desalination is an energy-intensive distillation process requiring both thermal and electrical energy [30], it was only in 1974 that the Federal Republic of Germany and Mexico developed in Mexican territory, a MSF plant powered by solar energy with a capacity of 10 m 3 /d with brine recirculation. It had parabolic trough collectors, a double tube flat plate collector, storage tanks and a desalination unit in the plant [85].…”

Section: Multi Stage Flash Distillation (Msf)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to the use of devices and energy in the compression process, the compression distillation process is divided into mechanical compression (MVC) and thermal compression (TVC), where the mechanical compressor works with electricity and the thermal compressor uses an ejector of steam jet to create vacuum [31]. Normally, the production rate of distilled water from MVC (100 to 3000 m 3 /day) is lower than that of TVC (10,000 to 30,000 m 3 /day) [30]. Figure 4 shows the schematics of the MVC and TVC processes, respectively.…”

Section: Vapor Compression Distillationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Schematic representation of the Multi-Stage Flash Distillation process, MSF. Source: Reproduced from Ref [30]. …”

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Commercial Thermal Technologies for Desalination of Water from Renewable Energies: A State of the Art Review

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Thermal desalination is yet a reliable technology in the treatment of brackish water and seawater; however, its demanding high energy requirements have lagged it compared to other non-thermal technologies such as reverse osmosis. This review provides an outline of the development and trends of the three most commercially used thermal or phase change technologies worldwide: Multi Effect Distillation (MED), Multi Stage Flash (MSF), and Vapor Compression Distillation (VCD). First, state of water stress suffered by regions with little fresh water availability and existing desalination technologies that could become an alternative solution are shown. The most recent studies published for each commercial thermal technology are presented, focusing on optimizing the desalination process, improving efficiencies, and reducing energy demands. Then, an overview of the use of renewable energy and its potential for integration into both commercial and non-commercial desalination systems is shown. Finally, research trends and their orientation towards hybridization of technologies and use of renewable energies as a relevant alternative to the current problems of brackish water desalination are discussed. This reflective and updated review will help researchers to have a detailed state of the art of the subject and to have a starting point for their research, since current advances and trends on thermal desalination are shown.

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Section: Multi Effect Distillationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Multi Effect Distillationmentioning

confidence: 99%