Desalination technology evaluation. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10115958

Del Bene, J V; Loh, G T; Schleicher, R W; Sgammato, T A; Sinha, A K ^[1]

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1. General Atomics International Services Corp., San Diego, CA (United States)

The shortage of potable water has hindered economic development in South Florida and other areas of the United States. This project, cosponsored with Florida Power & Light (FPL), examines the economics of colocation of a water desalination plant with an electric power plant to take advantage of shared facilities, personnel, and equipments well as existing intake and outfall structures. In combination, these factors should reduce the cost of desalinated water. The first step in determining the viability of colocation is identification of desalination technologies best suited for dual-purpose applications in retrofits at existing fossil plants. Based on energy efficiency and commercial maturity, reverse osmosis (RO) and low-temperature multieffect distillation (LT-MED) technologies appear to be the best candidates for such application. In fact, RO provides the best economics for the plants and conditions studied. Of the emerging technologies evaluated, sodium molecular pumping and solvent extraction technologies should be further investigated for their potential in significantly reducing desalination costs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); General Atomics International Services Corp., San Diego, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10115958
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR-101019; ON: UN93004898
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Dec 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
DUAL-PURPOSE POWER PLANTS
EVALUATION
WATER TREATMENT
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES
RETROFITTING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
OSMOSIS
DISTILLATION
MEMBRANES
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
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HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE HEAT RECOVERY AND UTILIZATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT