Seawater desalination driven by renewable energies: a review

Garcı́a-Rodrı́guez, Lourdes

doi:10.1016/s0011-9164(02)00232-1

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“…Efficiencies of 24% and 30% have been achieved with monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and its alloys, respectively (Subiela et al, 2007;Garcia-Rodriguez, 2002 (Green et al, 2012;Law et al, 2005;Mayer et al, 2007).…”

Section: Scale-up and Economic Considerations Factors Affecting Scalementioning

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Today's and Future Challenges in Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies for Desalination

Goosen

Mahmoudi

Ghaffour

2014

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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Recent trends and challenges in applications of INTRODUCTIONAdequate and dependable fresh water resources are major issues confronting many nations worldwide (Maila, 2006;Goosen et al., 2011aGoosen et al., & 2011bHuang, 2010; Lund, 2007; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a Mahmoudi et al., & 2010b. With the world's energy demand increasing much research has been directed at overcoming these challenges and in particular in using renewable energy to help meet the power needs for water desalination (Huang, 2010; Lund, 2007; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a;Serpen et al., 2010). However, Goosen (2012) and Gottinger and Goosen (2012) argued that while development opens up and advances economies, and creates new wealth, millions are forced to struggle to make meaning of the darker side of development that is not environmentally sustainable. In the past, the world's ecosystems (i.e. air, land and water) were able to absorb the environmental damage resulting from extensive industrialization and development. Nevertheless, with the rapid increases in global population and industrialization, as well as enhanced demands on natural resources such as fresh water supplies, the earth is no longer able to sustain a healthy and balanced ecosystem (Laboy-Nieves, 2009; Laboy et al., 2009; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a Mahmoudi et al., , 2010b Misra, 2000). The sustainability of the society in which we live is determined not only by technical and economic progress, but also by environmental management (Abdulla et al., 2009; Gottinger and Goosen, 2012; Laboy et al., 2010; Maila, 2006). Sustainable development using more renewable energy sources, by improving energy efficiency and reducing water demand and waste production is now considered by many as being the model to follow (Goosen et al., 2004; Goosen, et al., 2009aGoosen, et al., , 2009b Misra, 2000). Elimelech and Philip (2011), for example, reported on the possible reductions in energy demand by desalination technologies, and the role of innovative technologies in improving the sustainability of desalination as a technological solution to global water shortages ( Figure 1). They argued that future research to improve the energy efficiency of desalination should focus on, for example, the pre-treatment and posttreatment stages of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plants. Furthermore, Peñate & García-Rodríguez (2012a) presented a comprehensive review of the main innovations and future trends in the design of SWRO desalination technology with an emphasis on improving process performance and efficiency. They concluded that desalination with renewable energies is an attractive combination that will help to reduce stress on existing water supplies.The economic potential and environmental benefits of renewable energies, such as geothermal, solar, wave and wind, and their applications to reducing overall energy requirements have been described in a number of recent articles (Cataldi, et al., 1999;Huang, 2010;Goosen et al., 2011b; Lund, 2007; Mahmoudi et al., 2010a;Serpen et al., 2010;Stefansson, 2005)....

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Section: Scale-up and Economic Considerations Factors Affecting Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

Today's and Future Challenges in Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies for Desalination

Goosen

Mahmoudi

Ghaffour

2014

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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“…RES-desalination coupling schemes that require the RES unit and the desalination unit to be located in the same area coupling and Geothermal-electricity-Reverse Osmosis (RO)). Their selection should be made taking into consideration simplicity, easy handling, availability, maturity of the technology, guarantee of fresh water production, suitability of the system to the characteristics of the location, possibility of future increase of the system capacity, efficiency, availability of local support and simplicity of operation and maintenance of the system, among others [21].…”

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Contribution of Renewable Energy Sources to the Sustainable Development of Islands: An Overview of the Literature and a Research Agenda

Jaramillo-Nieves

Rı́o

2010

Sustainability

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Renewable energy sources (RES) have significant potential to contribute to the economic, social and environmental energy sustainability of small islands. They improve access to energy for most of the population, they also reduce emissions of local and global pollutants and they may create local socioeconomic development opportunities. The aim of this paper is to provide a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the contribution of RES to the energy sustainability of islands, focusing on the main results and the methodologies used. Papers are classified according to their coverage of the three dimensions of the triangular approach to sustainability (economic, environmental and social). The review also takes into account whether and how the procedural sustainability has been tackled in those papers. It is acknowledged that although several topics have been covered by the existing literature, there are promising avenues for future research on several fronts, both thematic and methodological.

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“…Some of these places have high levels of direct radiation and this has permitted the implementation of desalinating systems with solar technology to produce drinking water by desalinating sea water. Using solar systems to desalinate water requires large areas of land and it is not as efficient when compared to conventional systems (non-solar), but its low cost and ease of implementation make it one of the most promising technologies among the applications using direct radiation from the sun [14] [15] Water desalination is achieved through successive stages. The device is composed of a closed container in which sea water is heated over 90 °C using a system of solar collectors that use direct radiation from the sun.…”

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Comparison of thermal solar collector technologies and their applications

2013

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ResumenEn este artículo se hace un análisis y comparación del funcionamiento de las diferentes clases de concentradores solares térmicos y sus principales características. Inicialmente, se hace una breve descripción de la importancia y el uso que actualmente se da a los concentradores solares como dispositivos de captación de energía solar térmica, teniendo en cuenta aspectos como la geometría y tamaño de los dispositivos, así como la radiación solar incidente. Adicionalmente, se analiza el impacto que su uso tendría en el medio ambiente gracias a la reducción en la cantidad de emisiones de gases contaminantes producidas por fuentes de generación de energía convencionales a base de carbón y petróleo. Posteriormente, se presentan cada una de las tecnologías de concentradores solares, y se finaliza realizando un análisis teórico de las aplicaciones de los concentradores en diferentes procesos de la industria.

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Seawater desalination driven by renewable energies: a review

Cited by 210 publications

References 41 publications

Today's and Future Challenges in Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies for Desalination

Today's and Future Challenges in Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies for Desalination

Contribution of Renewable Energy Sources to the Sustainable Development of Islands: An Overview of the Literature and a Research Agenda

Comparison of thermal solar collector technologies and their applications

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