A solar desalination plant for conditions in Turkey

Performance simulation of the heat accumulator of the Abu Dhabi Solar Desalination Plant

Safe drinking water for the coastal areas of Bangladesh has become a big challenge. Arsenic adulteration and salinity intrusion in surface water body has accelerated the scarcity of water in the coastal region. As situation ameliorating and also investment for water-borne diseases is decreasing, it becomes the major threat for a third-world country like Bangladesh. There are lots of alternatives for water supply but there are also a huge number of constraints. Most of the traditional dug wells (DW), ring wells (RW) and alternative pond sand filters (PSF) are now inoperative due to shortage of fresh surface water body and also adequate maintenance. Except a few, most of the shallow tube wells (STW) and deep tube wells (DTW) in coastal areas face arsenic (As) contamination. There could be a blended solution for these problems based on existing situation, constraint, hydrogeology and individual’s economy. Different kinds of filters, reverse osmosis (RO), solar desalination plants (low-cost and small scale) and fuel-powered desalination plants (high-cost and large scale), etc., would be a good solution for mitigation of these problems. Solar PSF and rain water harvesting (RWH) might be an effective solution for some areas, respectively where fresh water and rainfall is abundant. Keywords: Arsenic contamination, salinity intrusion, climate change, pond sand filter, rain water harvesting, desalination, natural disaster

Operational problems in the solar desalination plant and its remedies

Constructal design of distributed energy systems: Solar power and water desalination

Performance evaluation of a solar multi-stage humidification dehumidification desalination plant with heat recovery section

Thermo-economic analysis of a solar multi-effect distillation plant installed at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (Spain)

The investigation of a novel solar energy desalination plant is the subject of this paper. In this plant, the evaporation occurs at low pressure and temperature. The novelty of the process lies in the reduction of the pressure simply due to the height of the evaporator. A mathematical model was developed and a prototype plant was constructed and tested by varying the heat input, evaporator pressure and feedwater flowrate at different working temperatures. Experimental results are very close to the theoretical results and indicate the validity of the model and the potential of the system. Copyright , Manchester University Press.

Simulation and Optimization of Solar Desalination Plant Using Aspen Plus Simulation Software

Economic optimal control applied to a solar seawater desalination plant

Numerical analysis of entropy generation in a solar desalination plant with nanofluid and a layer of phase change material in its reservoir

Energy and exergy analyses of a solar desalination plant for Karachi Pakistan

Direct use of solar energy for water desalination

This study examines the use of computational fluid dynamics to analyze and simulate the 3D modeling of a solar desalination plant with a single slope design. It aims to optimize large-scale desalination by investigating factors like glass cover angle and fin placement. Results show that a 15° glass cover produced the most freshwater (0.2957 kg/m2·h), while a 60° angle decreased production by 8.63%. Adding fins increased freshwater production by 53.32% and improved heat transfer efficiency. These findings contribute to developing an optimized solar desalination model to enhance efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and lower carbon emissions.

Theoretical simulation of small scale psychometric solar water desalination system in semi-arid region

Local model predictive controller in a solar desalination plant collector field