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Demonstration of concentrated solar power coupled with advanced desalination system in the gulf region

Yu, L. ; Al-Jariry, N. ; Weyd, M. ; Richter, H. ; Lipnizki, F. LU orcid and Hedlund, J. (2023) 13th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes p.1470-1470
Abstract
Introduction
The DESOLINATION project, DEmonstration of concentrated SOLar power coupled
wIth advaNced desalination system in the gulf regION, will demonstrate the efficient
coupling of a concentrated solar power (CSP) system to a membrane-based desalination
system at real environment. The waste heat from the CSP system will be used to drive
the membrane-based desalination processes. Therefore, the cost, a key barrier against
the deployment of CSP1, will be reduced.
Methods
On the DESOLINATION demonstration site in Saudi Arabia, the waste heat in the CSP
thermal cycles (Air Brayton and CO2 blends) will be recovered to drive the innovative
desalination process. Inorganic hydrophobic membranes will be... (More)
Introduction
The DESOLINATION project, DEmonstration of concentrated SOLar power coupled
wIth advaNced desalination system in the gulf regION, will demonstrate the efficient
coupling of a concentrated solar power (CSP) system to a membrane-based desalination
system at real environment. The waste heat from the CSP system will be used to drive
the membrane-based desalination processes. Therefore, the cost, a key barrier against
the deployment of CSP1, will be reduced.
Methods
On the DESOLINATION demonstration site in Saudi Arabia, the waste heat in the CSP
thermal cycles (Air Brayton and CO2 blends) will be recovered to drive the innovative
desalination process. Inorganic hydrophobic membranes will be developed for
membrane distillation.
Results
Inorganic hydrophobic membranes with different membrane materials and
configurations are being developed. Highest fluxes of up to 400 kg/(m²h) were reached
on lab scale with flat membranes at 80 °C. Furthermore, tubular and multi-channel
membranes were successfully coated and applied in membrane distillation using saline
waters reaching water fluxes of up to 50 kg/(m²h) at 75 °C. Even when using saline
concentrations close to the point of saturation highest rejections of above 99.99 % were
observed.
Discussion
After successful upscaling and process integration, the combined process will be
demonstrated on a pilot scale on site. Based on innovations in heat recovery and
membrane technologies, the DESOLINATION system will show high waste-heat-tofreshwater
conversion efficiency as well as high CSP power efficiency (>33% at
550°C). This should lead to an LCOE below 90€/MWh and LCOW below 4€/m3 at the
end of the project and below 0.9€/m3 at a relevant scale.
References
1. Renewable Energy Desalination. The World Bank: 2012, pp. 208
The European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (No.
101022686 (DESOLINATION)) and Formas, a Swedish research council for sustainable
development, are acknowledged for financial support of this work. (Less)
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Membrane processes, Seawater desalination
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13th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes
conference location
Chiba, Japan
conference dates
2023-07-09 - 2023-07-14
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DEmonstration of concentrated SOLar power coupled wIth advaNced desAlinaTion system in the gulf regION.
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  author       = {{Yu, L. and Al-Jariry, N. and Weyd, M. and Richter, H. and Lipnizki, F. and Hedlund, J.}},
  keywords     = {{Membrane processes; Seawater desalination}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{07}},
  pages        = {{1470--1470}},
  title        = {{Demonstration of concentrated solar power coupled with advanced desalination system in the gulf region}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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