Abstract
The problems of agricultural production in hot desert areas include both the protection of the plants from the excessive summer heat and the provision of the fresh water necessary for irrigation and other agricultural settlement needs. This paper reports on an integrated system in which a small diesel generator is used to provide the electric power required for cooling and irrigating a desert greenhouse, while a portion of the heat rejected from the cooling and exhaust systems is used to operate a multistage flash (MSF) desalination system capable of producing all the fresh water required for both irrigation and the evaporative cooling system of the greenhouse. During periods of moderate weather conditions more fresh water is normally produced than is needed by the greenhouse, thus allowing additional fresh water to be available for other purposes.
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