A review on the coupling of cooling, desalination and solar photovoltaic systems

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Review

Byrne, Paul¹  Fournaison, Laurence²  Delahaye, Anthony²  Oumeziane, Yacine Ait¹  Serres, Laurent¹  Loulergue, Patrick³  Szymczyk, Anthony³  Mugnier, Daniel⁴  Malaval, Jean-Luc⁵  Bourdais, Romain⁶  Gueguen, Herve⁶  Sow, Ousmane⁷  Orfi, Jamel⁸  Mare, Thierry¹ 

[1] Univ Rennes 1, Univ Europeenne Bretagne, Lab Genie Civil Genie Mecan, Equipe Mat Thermorheol,IUT Genie Civil, F-35704 Rennes 7, France

[2] Inst Natl Rech Sci & Technol Environm & Agr, F-92761 Antony, France

[3] Univ Rennes 1, Inst Sci Chim Rennes UMR CNRS 6226, F-35042 Rennes, France

[4] Tecsol, Zone Tecnosud, F-66000 Perpignan, France

[5] NKE SA, F-56700 Hennebont, France

[6] Inst Elect & Telecommun Rennes, Supelec, F-35576 Cesson Sevigne, France

[7] Ecole Super Polytech Dakar, Lab Energet Appl, Dakar 5085, Senegal

[8] King Saud Univ, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

关键词: Cooling;    Desalination;    Solar energy;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2015.03.083

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Single cooling and desalination technologies require a high amount of energy to produce cooling and fresh water, respectively. Coupling these systems seems to be attractive not only to reduce their energy consumption rates and to gain more flexibility in operation but also for environmental considerations. Besides, using solar energy to drive these coupled systems appears also interesting. The major increases in cooling and desalination demands occur in locations where solar energy is abundant. This article reviews the latest research works on systems able to carry out cooling and/or desalination using solar energy. The ability of coupling desalination technologies to cooling systems is investigated. A heat pump can produce cooling energy at the evaporator and heat at the condenser for a membrane distillation unit. An ice slurry process can operate with sea water. It freezes only pure water that can be separated from the liquid. A comparison of these systems is made. Membrane distillation (MD) and ice slurry systems must improve to be as efficient as standard technologies. An intelligent energy and water production management will have to be developed to control the operation of a system coupling ice slurry, MD and solar photovoltaic energy. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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