Water desalination with concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (CPVT) systems

Gur Mittelman; Abraham Kribus; Ornit Mouchtar; Abraham Dayan

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2009.04.003

Water desalination with concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (CPVT) systems

Gur Mittelman, Abraham Kribus^*, Ornit Mouchtar, Abraham Dayan

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School of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

A coupled system is proposed, comprised of a concentrating photovoltaic/thermal collector field and a multi-effect evaporation desalination plant. The combined system produces solar electricity and simultaneously exploits the waste heat of the photovoltaic cells to desalinate water. A detailed simulation was performed to compute the annual production of electricity and water. The cost of desalinated water was estimated and compared to that of alternative conventional and solar desalination plants. Several economic scenarios were analyzed. The results indicate that the proposed coupled plant can have a significant advantage relative to other solar desalination approaches. In some cases, CPVT desalination is even more cost-effective than conventional desalination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1322-1334
Number of pages	13
Journal	Solar Energy
Volume	83
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2009.04.003
State	Published - Aug 2009

Keywords

CPV
Cogeneration
Concentrating photovoltaics
Desalination
Multi-effect evaporation
Polygeneration

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Water desalination with concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (CPVT) systems

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