-driven desalination plant. For this purpose, a suitable logistic model of such a system is developed, which simulates its steady … main components (wind turbine, desalination plant and batteries). For each case, the annual water production is calculated … the feasibility of the stand-alone system. Other important factors, such as the desalination unit start/stop operations …

A second law analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination plant is carried out using reliable seawater exergy formulation …. The analysis is performed using reverse osmosis desalination plant data and compared with results previously published … new analysis, it is found that the studied reverse osmosis desalination plant has very low second law efficiency (<2 …

Although reverse osmosis (RO) is currently the most energy efficient desalination technology, it still requires a great … pressure and hence, energy. In this paper, PRO is evaluated in conjunction with RO, in a system called RO-PRO desalination, to … reduce the energy requirement of seawater RO desalination. RO-PRO specific energy consumption was modeled using RO conditions …

, 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 …

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

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 …

The wave powered desalination system named AaltoRO is presented in this paper and the optimum pressure level for its …

In this paper an exergo-environmental analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands …

This paper investigates the performance of a RO (reverse osmosis) desalination plant at different seawater salinity … values. An energy recovery Pelton turbine is integrated with the desalination plant. Thermodynamic analysis, based on the …

In this work, a comparison of the commonly deployed commercial desalination technologies worldwide—multistage flash … desalination process, encompassing extraction and processing raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and distribution, plant …