کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
301177 512499 2011 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
On the feasibility of community-scale photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis desalination systems for remote locations
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی های تجدید پذیر، توسعه پایدار و محیط زیست
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On the feasibility of community-scale photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis desalination systems for remote locations
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper presents a generalized methodology to evaluate the feasibility of photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis (PVRO) systems for small, remote communities in challenging environments. The economic feasibility is determined by comparing the cost of water from a photovoltaic reverse osmosis system with the cost of water obtained using conventional diesel-powered reverse osmosis. For PVRO systems, the feasibility is a function of location due to variation in solar resource, water type, system demand and local governmental policies. A series of sample cases were analyzed to demonstrate the method. Analysis for community-scale seawater reverse osmosis systems was carried out for various locations using Geographic Information System (GIS) data. A site-specific analysis has been completed for seawater and brackish water reverse osmosis systems. It was found that photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis is feasible for the majority of remote locations with a large solar resource.


► A method to determine feasibility of PVRO Systems is developed.
► This method analyzes the economics of PVRO and competing water technologies.
► Feasibility is analyzed for any location using GIS data.
► PVRO systems are found to be feasible for locations with good solar resource.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Renewable Energy - Volume 36, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 3246–3256
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