Commercial thermal technologies for desalination of water from renewable energies: a state of the art review

JJ Feria-Díaz, MC López-Méndez… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thermal desalination is yet a reliable technology in the treatment of brackish water and
seawater; however, its demanding high energy requirements have lagged it compared to …

Review on the recent progress in nuclear plant dynamical modeling and control

Z Dong, Z Cheng, Y Zhu, X Huang, Y Dong, Z Zhang - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nuclear plant modeling and control is an important subject in nuclear power engineering,
giving the dynamic model from process mechanics and/or operational data as well as …

Comprehensive techno-economic analysis of integrated nuclear power plant equipped with various hybrid desalination systems

K Sadeghi, SH Ghazaie, E Sokolova, E Fedorovich… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, the development of integrated nuclear power plants (NPPs) for electricity
production and seawater desalination has generated considerable interest among …

The hybridization of thermally-driven desalination processes: The state-of-the-art and opportunities

PS Goh, HS Kang, AF Ismail, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a global issue that needs to be urgently addressed to alleviate its adverse
impacts on social and economic development. Desalination has been touted as an attractive …

Thermodynamic and economic analysis of an integration system of multi-effect desalination (MED) with ice storage based on a heat pump

L Chen, X Liu, K Ye, M Xie, W Lan - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, an innovative system that combined a heat pump, multi-effect desalination, and
ice storage subsystem is proposed. The heat pump provides both thermal energy and cold …

Effects of surface roughness and temperature on non-equilibrium condensation and entrainment performance in a desalination-oriented steam ejector

W Sun, X Ma, S Ma, H Zhang, L Zhang, H Xue… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ejectors usually act as thermal compressors to recover the superfluous water vapor in multi-
effect desalination systems. However, the influences of wall conditions on the steam ejector …

Case study on combined heat and water system for nuclear district heating in Jiaodong Peninsula

J Chen, W Zheng, Y Kong, X Yang, Z Liu, J Xia - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With increasing urbanization in China, many areas are facing a shortage of clean heat
sources. To this end, numerous scholars have proposed the use of nuclear energy for …

Flexible control of nuclear cogeneration plants for balancing intermittent renewables

Z Dong, B Li, J Li, Z Guo, X Huang, Y Zhang, Z Zhang - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Both intermittent renewable energy (IRE) and nuclear fission energy can provide carbon-
free electric power to the grid. The electric power generation from the intermittent renewable …

A novel configuration for low-grade heat-driven desalination based on cascade MED

F Hesari, F Salimnezhad, MHK Manesh, MR Morad - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel MED-based desalination system for low-grade heat sources with a temperature
between 65° C and 90° C has been proposed. Low-grade heat-driven desalination systems …

Construction and application of a 1-liter upflow-stacked microbial desalination cell

Y Wang, A Xu, T Cui, J Zhang, H Yu, W Han, J Shen… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
As increasing demand of global reuse water, microbial desalination cell (MDC) is developed
as a potential desalination approach to drive ion migration and separation through …