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Title: Large-scale desalination based on parabolic trough collectors and double-effect absorption heat pumps
Authors: Colmenar-Santos, Antonio
León-Betancor, Andrés
Diez-Suárez, Ana María
González-Martínez, Alberto
Rosales Asensio, Enrique 
UNESCO Clasification: 330806 Regeneración del agua
332205 Fuentes no convencionales de energía
3328 Procesos tecnológicos
Keywords: Double-Effect Absorption Heat Pumps
Large Scale Desalination
Parabolic Trough Collectors
Reverse-Osmosis
Water Costs
Issue Date: 2020
Journal: Energy Reports 
Abstract: This paper focuses on an analysis of the current situation of distillation and reverse osmosis technologies and their relationship with renewable energies, to the extent that there is a strong trend in the use of distillation and reverse osmosis technologies. Large-scale seawater desalination using renewable energy is not developed, so a detailed study of the combination of renewable energy facilities, reverse osmosis, and distillation systems are needed to be effective and competitive compared to the use nonrenewable energy. Solar multiple is a very important parameter in the solar thermal industry. This is in the range of 1.5 – 3 and depends on the relationship between storage and plant power. This parameter is important because it reflects a balance between the cost of the parabolic trough collectors and the total of the solar thermal plant. If the same criterion is followed, with a thermal gap of 100 °C, chosen for the parabolic trough collectors sizing, the solar multiple in the system object of this article, has a value higher than 3. The proposed system employs renewable energies for reducing the downtime of the desalination plants, doing possible that the desalination plants being competitive in sites with poor quality solar radiation.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/76418
ISSN: 2352-4847
DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2020.08.044
Source: Energy Reports [EISSN 2352-4847], v. 6, p. 207-222, (Noviembre 2020)
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