Low-temperature desalination driven by waste heat of nuclear power plants: A thermo-economic analysis
Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute · Tsinghua University · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Nuclear desalination is one of the ideal options to achieve net zero emissions. However, most nuclear desalination plants extract steam from the power cycle to drive desalination, leading to a reduction of electricity output. To avoid the parasitic effects of desalination on the power cycle, this study considers recovering waste heat from the power plants' condensers to drive low-temperature desalination systems, including spray-assisted low-temperature desalination system (SLTD), multi-effect distillation system (MED) and spray-assisted multi-effect distillation system (SMED). Thermodynamic and economic models of the three desalination systems are firstly established and validated with experimental data.…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 19.84
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 36
Authors
5- ZZZeqi Zhong
Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University
- MBMuhammad Burhan
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- KCKim Choon Ng
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- XCXin Cui
Xi'an Jiaotong University
- QCQian ChenCorresponding
Tsinghua University, Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute
Topics & keywords
- Desalination
- Waste heat
- Nuclear power
- Waste management
- Environmental science
- Economic analysis
- Nuclear engineering
- Environmental engineering