Solar Thermal Desalination Technologies (2008)
The use of solar energy in thermal desalination processes is one of the most promising applications of the renewable energies.
Solar desalination can either be direct; use solar energy to produce distillate directly in the solar collector, or indirect; combining conventional desalination techniques, such as multistage flash desalination (MSF), vapour compression (VC), reverse osmosis (RO), membrane distillation (MD) and electrodialysis, with solar collectors for heat generation.
Direct solar desalination compared with the indirect technologies requires large land areas and has a relatively low productivity. It is however competitive to the indirect desalination plants in small-scale production due to its relatively low cost and simplicity.
This paper describes several desalination technologies in commercial and pilot stages of development. The primary focus is on those technologies suitable for use in remote areas, especially those which could be integrated into solar thermal energy systems.
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Source: http://www.desline.com/articoli/8947.pdf
- ADIRA
- Africa
- Agricultural University of Athens
- Canary Islands Institute of Technology
- Egyptian Water and Energy Association
- Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
- ISE
- Istanbul Technical University
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
- MENA
- Middle East
- solar energy
- solar stills
- Water Treatment/Desalination
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