Recent progress on the utilization of waste heat for desalination: A review

K Elsaid, ET Sayed, BAA Yousef, MKH Rabaia… - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Desalination is currently considered as a reliable nonconventional freshwater supply, which
has been practiced on a large scale for many decades. Nevertheless, desalination is …

Waste heat-driven desalination systems: Perspective

AG Olabi, K Elsaid, MKH Rabaia, AA Askalany… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This perspective discusses the utilization of waste heat (WH) for desalination with focus
given to desalination processes that can be fully driven by WH, either directly as thermal …

Techno-economic assessment of solar energy coupling with large-scale desalination plant: The case of Morocco

M Kettani, P Bandelier - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper examines the cost competitiveness of an extra-large-scale (275,000 m 3/d) solar-
powered desalination, taking as a case study the Chtouka Ait Baha plant in Morocco. It …

Environmental impacts of desalination on the ecology of Lake Urmia

A Karbassi, GN Bidhendi, A Pejman… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2010 - Elsevier
Lake Urmia, the second largest hypersaline lake by area in the world, has fluctuated in
salinity over time, but in recent years, it has reached a maximum of 340g/L. The lake is the …

Commercial desalination technologies: an overview of the current status of applications of commercial seawater desalination processes

H Ettouney, M Wilf - Seawater Desalination: Conventional and Renewable …, 2009 - Springer
The vast majority of commercial desalination systems utilise one of four desalination
processes: reverse osmosis (RO), multi-stage flash (MSF), multiple-effect distillation (MED) …

Transient and thermo-economic analysis of MED-MVC desalination system

ML Elsayed, O Mesalhy, RH Mohammed, LC Chow - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
An exergo-economic model is used to assess the performance of a multi-effect desalination
plant integrated to a mechanical vapor compressor unit (MED-MVC) with a water production …

Performance modeling of MED-MVC systems: Exergy-economic analysis

ML Elsayed, O Mesalhy, RH Mohammed, LC Chow - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, exergy analysis of four different feed configurations of a multi-effect
desalination with mechanical vapor compressor (MED-MVC) system is initially studied to …

Capital cost estimation of RO plants: GCC countries versus southern Europe

S Loutatidou, B Chalermthai, PR Marpu, HA Arafat - Desalination, 2014 - Elsevier
The installation of reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants has been on the rise throughout
the world. Thus, the estimation of their capital cost (CAPEX) is of major importance for …

Model-based structural optimization of seawater desalination plants

M Skiborowski, A Mhamdi, K Kraemer, W Marquardt - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
Membrane-based processes and thermal desalination plants are two alternatives to
overcome the problem of fresh water supply by means of seawater desalination. In this work …

[HTML][HTML] A mixed-integer optimization model for water sector planning and policy making in arid regions

MI Kizhisseri, MM Mohamed, MA Hamouda - Water Resources and Industry, 2022 - Elsevier
Water sector planning and policy making in arid and semi-arid regions are challenging
because many drivers and decision criteria require consideration. In this study, a multi …