Seawater desalination is an important process to meet the increasing demand for fresh
water demand; however, it is highly energy intensive due to the high salinity of the source …

In many settings where freshwater resources or water supply infrastructure are inadequate,
fossil energy costs may be high whereas solar energy is abundant. Further, in the …

An i-butane/n-butane mixture was selected to analyze several distillation assisted heat
pump processes when compared to conventional distillation. This conventional process …

The steam network of site utility system can produce steam at different levels in process
industries and the excess steam can be used to produce the desalinated water …

Recently, interdependency between electricity, gas, and water infrastructures are increasing
due to convincing reasons and critical dependence of societies to such infrastructures. In …

A thermodynamic study is performed on a Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination unit with and
without energy recovery device. Such a study is based on the application of mass and …

Freshwater pinch analysis (FWaPA) as an extended pinch analysis technique has been
proposed for retrofitting the off-grid batteryless photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis …

Integrated power and desalination plants (IPDP) may provide a key solution for the pressing
freshwater deficit and energy problems in many regions of the world. The current study …

Despite water scarcity, the use of industrial waste heat for seawater desalination has been
limited in the Middle East to date. This study evaluates the technical and economic feasibility …

Different alternatives for the effective integration of desalination technologies in the cooling
of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in the Mediterranean area are discussed and …