Modeling Multi Effect Distillation Powered by CSP in TRNSYS

Sérgio Casimiro; João Cardoso; Diego César Alarcón-Padilla; Craig Turchi; Christos Ioakimidis; João Farinha Mendes

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.237

Modeling Multi Effect Distillation Powered by CSP in TRNSYS

Sérgio Casimiro, João Cardoso, Diego César Alarcón-Padilla, Craig Turchi, Christos Ioakimidis, João Farinha Mendes

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Abstract

This work presents the results of using a new tool to simulate the cogeneration of water and electricity with Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Forward Feed Multi-Effect-Desalination (FF-MED) plants, by adding a new functionality to the System Advisor Model (SAM) developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The controlling strategy of the MED model is presented in detail, and a case study application is shown. This study compares the results obtained with a CSP plant operating in San Diego, CA, with four different cooling systems: an MED/Seawater Cooling Circuit (SWCC), dry cooling, wet cooling, and a SWCC standalone. The results show that the usage of an MED/SWCC system in cogeneration with a CSP plant can be feasible and has the potential to be economically interesting.

Original language	American English
Pages	2241-2250
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.237 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.237
State	Published - 2014
Event	International Conference on Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2013 - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: 17 Sep 2013 → 20 Sep 2013

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	17/09/13 → 20/09/13

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5500-62268

Keywords

Cogeneration
Concentrating solar power
Desalination
MED
Thermodynamic simulation
TRNSYS

UN SDGs

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Casimiro, S., Cardoso, J., Alarcón-Padilla, D. C., Turchi, C., Ioakimidis, C., & Mendes, J. F. (2014). Modeling Multi Effect Distillation Powered by CSP in TRNSYS. 2241-2250. Paper presented at International Conference on Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2013, Las Vegas, NV, United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.237, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.237

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