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Effect of feed pressure on the performance of the photovoltaic powered reverse osmosis seawater desalination system

Gandhidasan, P.; Al-Mojel, Sultan A. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 12, pp. 2824-2830

This paper describes the potential of the development of a seawater desalination system that combines the technologies …

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Performance and development of PV - plant for water pumping and desalination for remote area in Saudi Arabia

Alajlan, S.A.; Smiai, M.S. - In: Renewable Energy 8 (1996) 1, pp. 441-446

PV plant for water pumping and desalination in remote area has been implemented; the plant was the first of its kind in … unit (water desalination), this system is characterized by the storage of electric energy (batteries). The storage … is about 600 liters per hour. The total installed PV capacity for pumping system is 980 Wp, and for desalination system …

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Solar tower power plant in Germany and future perspectives of the development of the technology in Greece and Cyprus

Alexopoulos, Spiros; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 7, pp. 1352-1356

Since the 80s power production with solar thermal power plants has been a way to substitute fossil fuels. By concentrating direct solar radiation from heliostats very high temperatures of a thermal fluid can be reached. The resulting heat is converted to mechanical energy in a steam cycle which...

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Desalination using renewable energy in Australia

Harrison, D.G.; Ho, G.E.; Mathew, K. - In: Renewable Energy 8 (1996) 1, pp. 509-513

The history and performance of renewable energy driven desalination plants in Australia are reviewed. Included are the …

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Simultaneous desalination and power generation using solar energy

Zhao, Yuchun; Akbarzadeh, Aliakbar; Andrews, John - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 2, pp. 401-408

Using solar energy to produce fresh water and electricity simultaneously is a prospective way to solve the problems combining fresh water shortage, energy crisis and farm land degradation in Northern Victoria. This paper records the process of calculating the performance of the nozzle applying...

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Solar still with vapor adsorption basin: Performance analysis

Kannan, R.; Selvaganesan, C.; Vignesh, M.; Babu, B. Ramesh - In: Renewable Energy 62 (2014) C, pp. 258-264

In this work, a vapor adsorption type solar still was designed, fabricated and tested at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India. A vapor adsorbent pipe network comprising activated carbon–methanol pair was integrated with the basin. Losses from the bottom of the still are...

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Water desalination by solar powered electrodialysis process

AlMadani, H.M.N. - In: Renewable Energy 28 (2003) 12, pp. 1915-1924

Solar energy is a clean source of energy that is available in all regions of the world. Bahrain, where the present research was conducted, is rich in solar energy expressed as hours of sunshine which ranges between 13 h per day in the summer months to 10 h per day in the winter months.

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Sustainable water and energy in Gaza Strip

Hamdan, Lubna K.; Zarei, Maryam; Chianelli, Russell R.; … - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 6, pp. 1137-1146

Shortage of fresh water is a common problem in different areas of the world including the Middle East. Desalination of …) technologies, is used to produce electricity by a steam cycle power plant. Then the steam is directed to a desalination plant where …

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Feasibilty study of renewable energy powered seawater desalination technology using natural vacuum technique

Ayhan, Teoman; Al Madani, Hussain - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 2, pp. 506-514

. Desalination has been a key proponent to meet the future challenges due to decreasing availability of fresh water. However …, desalination uses significant amount of energy, today mostly from fossil fuels. It is, therefore, reasonable to rely on renewable … sources. The present study deals with the energy-efficient seawater desalination system utilizing renewable energy sources and …

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Technical and economic assessment of photovoltaic-driven desalination systems

Al-Karaghouli, Ali; Renne, David; Kazmerski, Lawrence L. - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 2, pp. 323-328

Solar desalination systems are approaching technical and cost viability for producing fresh-water, a commodity of equal … increasing fossil fuel prices over the last five years. The electricity produced from PV systems for desalination applications … electrodialysis (ED) desalination units are the most favorable alternatives to be coupled with PV systems. RO usually operates on …

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