Seawater desalination

A seawater desalination plant’s reliability and service availability are essential to sustain and allow the continuing development in the arid climate countries. As desalinated seawater is indispensably required at any cost, the conventional disposal method used for a large size desalination plant i

An absorption heat pump coupled to a multi-effect distillation unit is able to recover part of the thermal energy rejected in the distillation process, thus increasing its performance ratio. At the beginning of the nineties, a pilot plant installed at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (CIEMAT, Spain)

All of the Saudi large MSF plants operate within the context of dual-purpose facilities for the simultaneous production of power and water. Such co-generation arrangement uses either backpressure or extraction condensing turbine. Co-generation cycles which were used till 1982 were employing extracti

The paper describes the work carried out in the development of a small wind-powered desalination plant. An alternative control system was studied to serve as a direct interphase between a reverse osmosis desalination plant and a small wind energy conversion system. The main purpose was to reduce or

On a uniformly sloping beach, high salinity build-up along the coast associated with brine discharge into the sea can be avoided by building a longer outfall. For an existing seawater desalination plant, extending the outfall will affect the design specification of the plant. Using a two-dimensional

The paper is designed to present an overview of the seawater pollution in coastal and near coastal waters in South Mediterranean countries — in the region in general and Libya in particular. The objective is to assess the possible pollutants, study the harmful effects and the impact of pollutants du

The deep-pool reactor (DPR) is a heating reactor working under atmospheric pressure and moderate temperature for the requirements of seawater desalination. This reactor is distinctive from other nuclear power reactors, with key features including simplicity of structure, proven technology, small pow

This paper presents the work performed within the project entitled “Design and Development of an Autonomous Desalination System with Photovoltaics and Wind Generator”. The project is partially financed by the Greek Ministry of Development within the Operational Programme for Competitiveness, Measure

Libya is an arid and water scarce country. The main source of water is ground water, which is limited and over exploited. The deficit is increasing and certain measures must be taken to resolve the problem. Unconventional sources such as sea water desalination was seriously considered since mid seve

Algeria suffers significant lack of fresh water since most of its territory is classified as arid and semiarid zones. 90% of the population is concentrated on the northern coastal region which represents 10% of the countries area and situated in a more temperate Mediterranean climate. Many factors i