Open AccessPreliminary design of a hydraulic wind turbine drive train for integrated electricity production and seawater desalination
Author(s) -
F. Greco,
D. De Bruycker,
A. Velez-Isaza,
N.F.B. Diepeveen,
Antonio Jarquin Laguna
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/3/032015
Subject(s) - desalination , offshore wind power , turbine , electricity , wind power , geothermal desalination , seawater , marine engineering , environmental science , reverse osmosis , engineering , electricity generation , environmental engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , power (physics) , oceanography , genetics , membrane , biology , geology , physics , quantum mechanics
The integration of wind energy to desalinate seawater can address the freshwater scarcity issue and alleviate the environmental impact of desalination. This paper presents the use of the Delft Offshore Turbine, an unconventional wind turbine with hydraulic transmission which can be used to directly drive a seawater reverse osmosis desalination process and to produce electricity with a Pelton turbine. A steady-state model is used to identify the potential regions at which it is possible to operate the system and to propose a system settings for maximising water production. The results show that the proposed system provides up to 300 kW of electricity and can desalinate up to 25 m 3 /h, at rated operating conditions.