Thermal Solar Desalination: Methods and Systems - Hardcover

Belessiotis, Vassilis; Kalogirou DSc PhD, Soteris; Delyannis, Emmy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 012809656X ISBN 13: 9780128096567

Verlag: Academic Press, 2016

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Thermal Solar Desalination: Methods and Systems presents numerous thermal seawater desalination technologies varying from the very simple, easy to construct and operate solar stills, to the more advance membrane and indirect distillation methods. All types of solar thermal desalination technologies are presented in detail to enable readers to comprehend the subject, from design details to enabling further research to be carried out in this area.

The various units used in desalination are outlined, along with diagrams of all detailed working principles of desalination methods and systems. The authors consider the economic aspects of these processes, demonstrating successful implementation of desalination units suitable for areas where supplies of fresh water in natural ways is limited or non-existent.

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Belessiotis obtained his PhD from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is currently the Research Director of the Solar and Other Energy Systems laboratory of NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”. His main research areas are Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conservation, and his interests include the areas of Thermal Engineering, Physical processes and Metrology. He was project coordinator in a large number of competitive research projects funded from external sources and his scientific work is widely published. His scientific work is published in five books, six original contributions in specialized international encyclopedias (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS and ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY) and more than 250 papers are published in international journals, international and national conferences (with review), as well as many specialized studies. He has approximately 2000 citations on this work. His is permanent member of scientific organisations: ISES, EDS, IDA, ASHRAE, ΙΗΤ, HellasLab (national member of EUROLAB).

Prof. Soteris Kalogirou is a Professor in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Materials Science and Engineering at
the Cyprus University of Technology. In
addition to his Ph.D., he holds a D.Sc. and is
internationally recognized for his pioneering
contributions to renewable energy. He is a
Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences,
a Founding Member of the Cyprus Academy
of Sciences, Letters and Arts, a Member of
Academia Europaea, and a Fellow of the
International Artificial Intelligence Industry
Alliance. For over 35 years, he has conducted
research in solar energy, with expertise
encompassing solar collectors, solar water
heating, solar steam generation, desalination, photovoltaics, geothermal energy, and
absorption cooling. He has published extensively,
authoring numerous journal articles,
book chapters, and conference papers. His
books Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and
Systems and Thermal Solar Desalination: Methods and Systems (Academic Press, Elsevier)
are widely recognized references in the field.
He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Emmy Delyannis received her PhD from the Athens University of Technology (AUth) and carried out postgraduate studies at the universities of Lawrence, Kansas, USA, and Karlsruhe, Germany. She was Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy at AUth where she taught the subjects of Heating and Chemical Technology. For about 20 years she was the General Secretary of the European Working Group on "Fresh Water from the Sea” and she organized six symposiums for the European Federation of Chemical Engineers. For her contributions in desalination she was honored with the Public Service Award of the Department of the Interior of USA and with the Certificate of Merit of the International & Environmental Association, USA.

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A complete reference outlining the fundamental principles of how to obtain fresh water from the seawater using solar thermal desalination technologies and applications

• Includes detailed descriptions and design of all types of solar thermal desalination systems
• Lists a comprehensive record of seawater and fresh water thermophysical properties required in the design of desalination systems
• Contains equations to calculate and analyze the performance of the processes examined and assesses their practicality and application

Water is the most abundant element on the earth, but the usable quantities of fresh water are not adequate to supply all humanity with clean fresh water. The quantity of energy needed to produce fresh water from brackish or seawater is extremely large, making effective and efficient methods to produce fresh water essential.

Thermal Solar Desalination: Methods and Systems presents numerous thermal seawater desalination technologies varying from the very simple, easy to construct and operate solar stills, to the more advance membrane and indirect distillation methods. All types of solar thermal desalination technologies are presented in detail to enable readers to comprehend the subject, from design details to enabling further research to be carried out in this area.

The various units used in desalination are outlined along with diagrams of all detailed working principles of desalination methods and systems. Belessiotis, Kalogirou and Delyannis also consider the economic aspects of these processes, demonstrating successful implementation of desalination units suitable for areas where supply of fresh water in a natural way is limited or non-existent.

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• Verlag: Academic Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 012809656X
• ISBN 13: 9780128096567
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 382
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