Recent Developments in Solar Thermal Desalination Technologies: A Review

Fresh water resources are depleting rapidly as the water demand around the world continues to increase. Fresh water resources are also not equally distributed geographically worldwide. The best way to tackle this situation is to use solar energy for desalination to not only cater for the water needs...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2019-01, Vol.12 (1), p.119
Main Authors: Ullah, Ihsan, Rasul, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Brackish water
Chloride
Climate change
Construction materials
cost of solar desalination
Desalination
Desalination plants
desalination technologies
Developing countries
Drinking water
Economic analysis
Electricity distribution
Energy resources
Energy sources
environmental impacts
Environmental monitoring
fresh water
LDCs
Life span
Nuclear power plants
Population
Rain
Sanitation
Seawater
solar desalination
Solar energy
Solar heating
Water pollution
Water shortages
Water supply
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Summary:Fresh water resources are depleting rapidly as the water demand around the world continues to increase. Fresh water resources are also not equally distributed geographically worldwide. The best way to tackle this situation is to use solar energy for desalination to not only cater for the water needs of humanity, but also to offset some detrimental environmental effects of desalination. A comprehensive review of the latest literature on various desalination technologies utilizing solar energy is presented here. This paper also highlights the environmental impacts of desalination technologies along with an economic analysis and cost comparison of conventional desalination methods with different solar energy based technologies. This review is part of an investigation into integration of solar thermal desalination into existing grid infrastructure in the Australian context.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en12010119