Open AccessModeling Multi Effect Distillation Powered by CSP in TRNSYS
Author(s) -
Sérgio Casimiro,
João P. Cardoso,
Diego-César Alarcón-Padilla,
Craig Turchi,
Christos S. Ioakimidis,
J. Farinha Mendes
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
energy procedia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.474
H-Index - 81
ISSN - 1876-6102
DOI - 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.237
Subject(s) - trnsys , cogeneration , multiple effect distillation , renewable energy , process engineering , desalination , electricity , environmental science , engineering , automotive engineering , waste management , power (physics) , energy (signal processing) , electricity generation , electrical engineering , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , membrane , biology , genetics
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
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