Life-cycle cost analysis of adsorption cycles for desalination

Kyaw Thu; A. Chakraborty; B. B. Saha; Won Gee Chun; K. C. Ng

doi:10.5004/dwt.2010.1187

Life-cycle cost analysis of adsorption cycles for desalination

Kyaw Thu, A. Chakraborty, B. B. Saha, Won Gee Chun, K. C. Ng

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Abstract

This paper presents the thermo-economic analysis of the adsorption desalination (AD) cycle that is driven by low-temperature waste heat from exhaust of industrial processes or renewable sources. The AD cycle uses an adsorbent such as the silica gel to desalt the sea or brackish water. Based on an experimental prototype AD plant, the life-cycle cost analysis of AD plants of assorted water production capacities has been simulated and these predictions are translated into unit cost of water production. Our results show that the specific energy consumption of the AD cycle is 1.38 kWh/m³ which is the lowest ever reported. For a plant capacity of 1000 m³/d, the AD cycle offers a unit cost of $0.457/m³ as compared to more than $0.9 for the average RO plants. Besides being cost-effective, the AD cycle is also environment-friendly as it emits less CO₂ emission per m³ generated, typically 85% less, by comparison to an RO process.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Desalination and Water Treatment
Volume	20
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2010.1187
State	Published - Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adsorption
Desalination
Economic analysis

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Water Science and Technology
Pollution
Ocean Engineering

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