Water desalination systems powered by renewable energy sources: Review

A.M.K. El-Ghonemy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012, vol. 16, issue 3, 1537-1556

Abstract: Water and energy are two of the most important topics on the international environment and development agenda. The social and economic health of the modern world depends on sustainable supply of both energy and water. Many areas worldwide that suffer from fresh water shortage are increasingly dependent on desalination as a highly reliable and non-conventional source of fresh water. So, desalination market has greatly expanded in recent decades and expected to continue in the coming years. The integration of renewable energy resources in desalination and water purification is becoming increasingly attractive. This is justified by the fact that areas of fresh water shortages have plenty of solar energy and these technologies have low operating and maintenance costs.

Keywords: Renewable energy sources (RES); Desalination; Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO); Membrane systems (RO&ED); Thermal systems (phase change); Photovoltaic; Solar collectors; Solar still; Solar tower; Solar parabolic trough; Solar dish (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.11.002

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