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Title: | Decentralized co-generation of fresh water and electricity at point of consumption | Authors: | Wang, WB Aleid, S Wang, P |
Issue Date: | Jun-2020 | Source: | Advanced sustainable systems, June 2020, , v. 4, no. 6, 2000005, p. 1-6 | Abstract: | Many in the community believe that additional anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere can push the Earth into a vicious cycle and down a path of no return. Consequently, solar energy must sit at the center of the water-energy-climate nexus as the world is shifting into a decarbonized and circular economy. Simultaneous production of electricity and fresh water by photovoltaic-membrane distillation (PV-MD), a newly developed technology, turns waste heat from solar PV panels into a power source to drive an efficient water distillation process. It produces fresh and clean potable-quality water on-site from various water sources with impaired quality, such as seawater, contaminated rivers, lakes, groundwater, and industrial wastewater. Due to the low barrier of entry, it is well suited to providing both electricity and fresh water in decentralized manner for point-of-consumption locations, especially off-grid communities and communities with small- to medium-sized populations even with challenging economic conditions. This essay highlights the potential of PV-MD to supply decentralized water and electricity for regions suffering from both economic and physical water scarcity as well as its promise to contribute to agriculture in (semi)arid regions. | Keywords: | Photovoltaics Power supply Solar cells Solar water desalination Water scarcity |
Publisher: | Wiley-VCH | Journal: | Advanced sustainable systems | EISSN: | 2366-7486 | DOI: | 10.1002/adsu.202000005 | Rights: | © 2020 KAUST. Published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The following publication Wang, W., Aleid, S., Wang, P., Decentralized Co‐Generation of Fresh Water and Electricity at Point of Consumption. Adv. Sustainable Syst. 2020, 4, 2000005 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202000005 |
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