TY - JOUR
TI - Thermodynamical research of using solar energy for desalination of seawater
AU - Arsović Marjan R
AU - Topić Radivoje M
AU - Komatina Mirko S
AU - Gojak Milan D
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 5
SP - 1709
EP - 1721
PT - Article
AB - Many regions of the world face the problem of saline water. Water  desalination processes, which require significant energy consumption, are a  common solution to produce drinking water. This study evaluated the influence  of the following process operational parameters on the energy consumption of  seawater RO systems: water salinity, permeate recovery ratio, membrane  performance and feed water temperature. Optimal operational conditions for  the theoretical minimum energy consumption were determined with experiments  by varying water qualities and operational parameters. In order to further  reduce energy consumption a RO system was integrated with a PV solar system  and a pilot PVRO system was built and tested. The results obtained from this  study indicated that even though a Solar PV system incurs a huge initial  capital investment, it will yield significant benefits in the long run of the  RO operational period.