Abstract
This work provides technical and economic feasibility of installing a solar chimney power-water distillation plant (SCPWDP) in the port of Aqaba in Jordan. A mathematical model for the SCPWDP has been developed and validated. A full year of weather conditions data has been processed, where water and electricity productions have been estimated. The results show that the SCPWDP can produce 481,440 kWh of electricity and 123,753 ton of distilled water yearly simultaneously. The economic analysis shows that the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for the SCPWDP is $1.86/kWh. The cost estimate seems reasonable once compared with other studies. However, from economical point of view the LCOE of SCPWDP requires a further decrease in order to make it economically feasible. The sensitivity analysis shows that increasing the chimney height of the SCPWDP would increase the production of electricity, and hence, decreases the LCOE. However, increasing the chimney height would have a marginal improvement since it increases both capital and operation expenditures.
Highlights
Shortage of energy and excessive harmful emissions from greenhouse gases (GHG) have brought a lot of attention of the scientific community in the recent years
Water shortage is a world-wide problem, it has been reported that the availability of water has been declining, in the Middle East [5]
It has been reported that solar chimney power plant (SCPP)
Summary
Shortage of energy and excessive harmful emissions from greenhouse gases (GHG) have brought a lot of attention of the scientific community in the recent years. There are alternate energy resources available in the universe, to address this problem, it seems that solar energy has emerged as a good potential solution. This is primarily due to the accessibility of solar sources and the flexibility of means to convert the solar energy into a different type of energy [1,2,3]. The scarcity of the freshwater resources, global weather changes and continuous increase in demand for water are the primary reasons for water shortage in the world.
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