socioeconomic development in the long run. To solve or eliminate water shortage problems, seawater desalination draws more and more … attention as an alternative water supply source. The objective of the study is to assess the potential of desalination as a … viable alternate water source for China through analysis of the costs of desalination, the water demand and supply situation …

sheer limitless resource of desalinated water. This study looks at the development of desalination and its costs over time … that a cost of 1 $/m3 for seawater desalination and 0.6 $/m3 for brackish water would be feasible today. The costs will … conducted in order to estimate the total cost of desalination and the transport of desalinated water to selected water stress …

, some municipalities have considered desalination of saline water as a freshwater supply. Unfortunately, desalination … requires a sizeable energy investment. However, renewable energy technologies can be paired with desalination to mitigate … concern over the environmental impacts of increased energy use. At the same time, desalination can be operated in an …

% higher in a climate change scenario. Compared to the loss of consumer surplus due to water shortages, desalination is found … to be a costly solution, even if environmental damage costs from the operation of desalination plants are not accounted …

important to calculate the optimal capacities and locations of seawater desalination plants, wastewater treatment plants and … capacities of desalination plants and wastewater treatment and water reclamation plants, as well as the desalinated water …

Two modifications for solar desalination systems are presented. The first modification, using a packed layer that … water vaporization and condensation, the performance of the present solar desalination system may also be increased. The … desalination system are presented. Energy absorbed by glass cover, basin water, packed layer and the required power of the rotating …

brackish and seawater desalination. Another potential source of energy is the hydrostatic pressure at a sufficient operative … compare well with the usual energy requirement for desalination, between 3 and 10kWh for 1m3 of produced fresh water. However …

The single effect evaporation desalination process combined with adsorption heat pump (ADVC) is modeled analyzed as a … among all single effect evaporation desalination systems. Moreover, the specific flow rate of the cooling water and the …

A new approach is proposed to store excess heat energy in horizontal solar desalination stills during daytime for the …