Wind Energy Powered Desalination Systems

Hernández, Jaime González; Santana, Pedro Jesús Cabrera; González, José Antonio Carta

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“…After analyzing the various studies considered in this research, it is possible to assert that wind power and reverse osmosis desalination systems have been revealed as a relevant combination to reduce emissions in the desalination industry and increase resilience in water supply systems on islands. For large-scale desalination, on-grid wind energy systems are the preferable option [211]. In these systems, the wind turbines feed all their generated energy into the grid.…”

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Wind-Powered Desalination on Islands: A Review of Energy–Water Pathways

Matos,

Cabrera,

Carta

et al. 2024

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Water scarcity is a global problem that particularly affects islands located in arid regions or regions with limited water resources. This issue has prompted the development of non-conventional water sources such as fossil fuel-powered desalination systems. Concern about the high energy and environmental costs associated with this type of facility has created the ideal framework for the proliferation of desalination projects powered by renewable energies, especially wind energy due to the multiple advantages it offers. This article provides a bibliometric analysis to identify the advances made in wind-powered desalination on islands. While many studies explore wind-powered desalination, none compile references specific to islands. This paper analyses islands’ desalination needs and showcases wind-powered systems, exploring their types and uses. Firstly, the most relevant international scientific journals are identified to allow the subsequent selection and quantitative and qualitative analysis of articles directly dealing with wind-powered desalination systems. A total of 2344 articles obtained from the Scopus database were analyzed, of which 144 including 181 case studies were selected. Among the results of this study, an increasing year-on-year trend is observed in the number of published studies tackling wind-powered desalination. Finally, this paper presents a series of maps showing the most relevant facilities, projects, and data in this field, and provides an overview of the lessons learned in the decarbonization of desalination.

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Wind-Powered Desalination on Islands: A Review of Energy–Water Pathways

Matos,

Cabrera,

Carta

et al. 2024

JMSE

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“…It directly affects decision-making in designing and selecting the wind farms and the suitable wind turbines to extract the maximum available wind energy for a chosen area. Figure 3 [14] summarises the assessment process.…”

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“…The operating systems and strategies proposed for water desalination are numerous and highly diverse. Three designs are available for the wind-powered desalination system [14]:…”

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“…Enercon's desalination department developed a desalination system designed to be powered explicitly by wind energy. Enercon's desalination system can contain various RO modular units, Figure 13 [14]. This system can be adjusted continuously with RO units to produce between 7.5 and 180 m 3 /day, depending on the wind speed availability.…”

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“…. Basic schematic representation of the medium-scale wind-driven desalination system developed by Enercon[14].…”

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Wind energy utilisation for water desalination, street and buildings lighting − a case study for The Emirate of Ajman − UAE

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Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain.

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Electricity demand is increasing worldwide due to the advancements in lifestyle, technology, and increased population. Governments are facing common challenges to generate electricity from low-cost and clean energy resources. Water desalination, air-conditioning, and lighting are the main sectors that consume a significant amount of electricity with great demand in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Many countries' water shortage problem, specifically in the Gulf area, has led to increased challenging electricity demand. Electric power is currently generated from mainly fossil fuel, which has an enormous ongoing impact on environmental pollutions and, thus, climate problems. UAE has recently started to look and was managed to deploy environmental-friendly energy resources, such as renewables for power generation. Attempts were made to utilise solar energy for desalination systems, and none of these attempts was made regarding using wind energy systems. The water need is met by seawater desalination. This purpose's energy consumption is getting high with the increase of demand to separate the salt from seawater. There exists more consumption in building and street lighting. Ajman is the smallest Emirate in the UAE, which imports its power from the neighbouring emirates with a cost to be paid. This research reviews the feasibility of resourcing more than 20% of the electricity demand by wind energy to satisfy power needs towards desalination and lighting for street and official and newly built buildings. Wind energy potential at the Emirate of Ajman has been reviewed and showed a suitable wind energy potential for utilisation to supply more than 20% of the demand of about 350 MW. A wind-powered desalination system can meet the water demand when a properly design system is to be installed.

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Computational Intelligence in the Desalination Industry

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Wind Energy Powered Desalination Systems

Cited by 11 publications

References 89 publications

Wind-Powered Desalination on Islands: A Review of Energy–Water Pathways

Wind-Powered Desalination on Islands: A Review of Energy–Water Pathways

Wind energy utilisation for water desalination, street and buildings lighting − a case study for The Emirate of Ajman − UAE

Computational Intelligence in the Desalination Industry

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