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Variable renewable energy sources for powering reverse osmosis desalination, with a case study of wave powered desalination for Kilifi, Kenya
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2020.
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Abstract
- An analysis of reverse osmosis powered by ocean wave power is provided. A commercially available desalination system is connected via a DC/AC converter to a variable DC source and the input voltage is altered to emulate the response of a renewable energy system. Specifically, wave data from Kilifi in Kenya during 2015 is used. The wave resource variations provide variations in estimated power output from a wave energy converter, as well as in estimated freshwater production from a wave powered desalination system. Up to three wave energy converters for desalination are investigated for Kilifi. Also, a hybrid system including solar and wave power is proposed. The experiments show that reverse osmosis desalination systems can function at power levels below the rated values, but with lower freshwater flowrates. It is concluded that wave power, or wave power combined with PV systems, may be considered as power sources for desalination, with or without battery storage.
- Subjects :
- General Chemical Engineering
02 engineering and technology
Reverse osmosis desalination
Desalination
AC/AC converter
Renewable energy sources
Variable renewable energy
Freshwater
020401 chemical engineering
avsaltning
General Materials Science
Ocean wave power
Annan elektroteknik och elektronik
0204 chemical engineering
Process engineering
Reverse osmosis
Vågkraft
Water Science and Technology
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
General Chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Power (physics)
Renewable energy
Environmental science
0210 nano-technology
business
Voltage
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8cea2b9b5698b0ff38402133f5757d81