Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems: The Case of Desalination

Bourouni, K.

doi:10.5772/38638

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“…In other cases, gravitational potential energy has been used as an interface between wind energy and desalination processes [25,26]. This concept involves the design of a RO desalination system model that incorporates gravitational potential energy with wind energy [27].…”

Section: Wind/gravitational Potential Energymentioning

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Wind and Geothermal Energy in Desalination: A Short Review on Progress and Sustainable Commercial Processes

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2015

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Fossil fuels have been used as the main energy source for the desalination technologies. The continued increase in the demand for desalinated water has resulted in rising greenhouse gas emissions and threat to available fuel reserves. Consequently, most commercial desalination processes powered by fossil fuels have significantly contributed to environmental pollution. Renewable energy comes into the picture as an environmental friendly option as well as a means of fossil energy minimization. In this paper, a review on the use of renewable energy in recent desalination processes has been carried, with a focus on wind and geothermal energy.

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Section: Wind/gravitational Potential Energymentioning

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Wind and Geothermal Energy in Desalination: A Short Review on Progress and Sustainable Commercial Processes

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2015

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“…These include the Middle East and North African (MENA) region (Fthenakis et al, 2015;Ghermandi & Messalem, 2009), the southernmost part of Europe, and Australia. The global spread of these desalination plants is shown in Figure 1, and they are all sited in areas where the yearly average solar irradiance on a horizontal surface is significantly higher than the worldwide average (Bourouni, 2012). RO has been found to be the technology most often used in these regions.…”

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“…RO has been found to be the technology most often used in these regions. When considering all the desalination plants installed throughout the world, it has been established that reverse osmosis accounts for the highest production, namely 43.5% of world production (Bourouni, 2012). (Almaktoof et al 2012).…”

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