Technical-economic analysis and optimization of multiple effect distillation system by solar energy conversion as the heat source

M Imandoust, STK Alghorayshi, M Javidfar, B Asadi… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of multi-effect distillation (MED) in thermal desalination processes is more
widespread owing to lower energy consumption. The focus of this paper is to optimize the …

Energy efficient seawater desalination: strategies and opportunities

PS Goh, YY Liang, AF Ismail - Energy Technology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the change in climate patterns, rapid industrialization, and population growth, the
increasing water and energy demand became a major concern in the past decades …

Multi-effect distillation plants for small-scale seawater desalination: thermodynamic and economic improvement

A Liponi, C Wieland, A Baccioli - Energy conversion and management, 2020 - Elsevier
The growing global demand for fresh water coupled to the increasing interest in renewable
energies and waste heat recovery has resulted in flourishing attention to the multi-effect …

Cogeneration using multi-effect distillation and a solar-powered supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle

P Sharan, T Neises, JD McTigue, C Turchi - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) Brayton cycles are considered to be a potentially viable
option for reducing the cost of electricity generation from solar power tower plants, owing to …

Improving energy efficiency for a low-temperature CO2 separation process in natural gas processing

J Park, S Yoon, SY Oh, Y Kim, JK Kim - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional amine sweetening process is limited to treating gas with high content of CO 2,
due to significant energy demand for the regeneration of solvent and the compression of CO …

Transient performance of MED processes with different feed configurations

ML Elsayed, O Mesalhy, RH Mohammed, LC Chow - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Four different configurations of Multi-Effect-Desalination (MED): backward feed (BF), forward
feed (FF), parallel feed (PF) and parallel/cross feed (PCF) are modeled in steady and …

Optimal feed flow sequence for multi-effect distillation system integrated with supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle for seawater desalination

P Sharan, T Neises, C Turchi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Multi-effect distillation is often integrated with a Rankine power cycle for cogeneration
(simultaneous production of power and desalinated water). Such integration increases the …

Model development and experimental verification for tubular solar still operating under vacuum condition

G Xie, L Sun, T Yan, J Tang, J Bao, M Du - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A theoretical and experimental study was carried out on performance of a Tubular Solar Still
(TSS) under vacuum operation condition, based on which a modified model was proposed …

Thermal desalination via supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle: Optimal system design and techno-economic analysis without reduction in cycle efficiency

P Sharan, T Neises, C Turchi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) Brayton cycle is an upcoming power cycle
potentially providing higher energy efficiency and more compact turbomachinery compared …

Thermodynamic evaluation of a novel open volumetric receiver-heliostat plant/desalination unit hybrid system

H Barghamadi, F Pourfayaz, A Shahsavari, A Kasaeian - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
In this research, a novel integration of a solar power tower plant with an open volumetric
receiver and Multi Effect Distillation (MED) unit based on the different turbine exhaust steam …