Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments

<p dir="ltr">Agricultural activities in remote desert locations face significant challenges due to high water and energy demands and the lack of necessary infrastructure. The use of portable <u>diesel</u> generators, while common in <u>smallholder</u> farmers,...

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Main Author: Nurettin Sezer (14778217) (author)
Other Authors: Sertac Bayhan (16388511) (author)
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Agriculture, land and farm management
Food sciences
Engineering
Environmental engineering
Freeze desalination
Cold energy recovery
Ice storage
Energy integration
Proton exchange membrane electrolyzer
Hydrogen fuel cell
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description <p dir="ltr">Agricultural activities in remote desert locations face significant challenges due to high water and energy demands and the lack of necessary infrastructure. The use of portable <u>diesel</u> generators, while common in <u>smallholder</u> farmers, leads to substantial pollution on-site. Efficient utilization of naturally available energy and water sources for the supply of essential commodities would greatly support the execution of agricultural activities in desert climates. Freeze <u>desalination</u> offers many benefits over <u>distillation</u> <u>processes</u>, such as low energy demand, negligible fouling, scaling, or corrosion, and no requirement of <u>pretreatment </u>for purification. Besides, <u>hydrogen fuel</u> cell is a clean alternative to a diesel generator as it possesses high conversion efficiency and eliminates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and noise pollution. This study proposes a stand-alone solar-powered freeze desalination and <u>electrolysis</u> system for freshwater and <u>green hydrogen</u> production from brackish groundwater in remote desert regions. The system is equipped with several energy recovery and storage solutions such as cistern, ice storage air conditioning, and <u>metal hydride</u> canisters with fuel cell to efficiently utilize energy and water and compensate for fluctuations in <u>solar irradiation</u>. The<u> integrated system</u> is modeled and analyzed based on thermodynamic principles, and results demonstrated the daily capacity of producing 52.8 m<sup>3</sup> freshwater, 6.3 MWh air conditioning, 177 kg hydrogen, and 2.4 MWh electricity using 10,785m<sup>2</sup> bifacial <u>photovoltaics system</u>. Moreover, the energetic and <u>exergetic efficiency</u> of the system is calculated as 17.8 % and 13.5% during day and 56 % and 34.9 % during night, respectively.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Desalination<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.118321" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.118321</a></p>
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spelling Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environmentsNurettin Sezer (14778217)Sertac Bayhan (16388511)Agricultural, veterinary and food sciencesAgriculture, land and farm managementFood sciencesEngineeringEnvironmental engineeringFreeze desalinationCold energy recoveryIce storageEnergy integrationProton exchange membrane electrolyzerHydrogen fuel cell<p dir="ltr">Agricultural activities in remote desert locations face significant challenges due to high water and energy demands and the lack of necessary infrastructure. The use of portable <u>diesel</u> generators, while common in <u>smallholder</u> farmers, leads to substantial pollution on-site. Efficient utilization of naturally available energy and water sources for the supply of essential commodities would greatly support the execution of agricultural activities in desert climates. Freeze <u>desalination</u> offers many benefits over <u>distillation</u> <u>processes</u>, such as low energy demand, negligible fouling, scaling, or corrosion, and no requirement of <u>pretreatment </u>for purification. Besides, <u>hydrogen fuel</u> cell is a clean alternative to a diesel generator as it possesses high conversion efficiency and eliminates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and noise pollution. This study proposes a stand-alone solar-powered freeze desalination and <u>electrolysis</u> system for freshwater and <u>green hydrogen</u> production from brackish groundwater in remote desert regions. The system is equipped with several energy recovery and storage solutions such as cistern, ice storage air conditioning, and <u>metal hydride</u> canisters with fuel cell to efficiently utilize energy and water and compensate for fluctuations in <u>solar irradiation</u>. The<u> integrated system</u> is modeled and analyzed based on thermodynamic principles, and results demonstrated the daily capacity of producing 52.8 m<sup>3</sup> freshwater, 6.3 MWh air conditioning, 177 kg hydrogen, and 2.4 MWh electricity using 10,785m<sup>2</sup> bifacial <u>photovoltaics system</u>. Moreover, the energetic and <u>exergetic efficiency</u> of the system is calculated as 17.8 % and 13.5% during day and 56 % and 34.9 % during night, respectively.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Desalination<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.118321" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.118321</a></p>2024-11-20T18:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1016/j.desal.2024.118321https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Integrated_solar-powered_freeze_desalination_and_water_electrolysis_system_with_energy_recovery_and_storage_for_sustainable_agriculture_in_desert_environments/30172981CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/301729812024-11-20T18:00:00Z
spellingShingle Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments
Nurettin Sezer (14778217)
Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Agriculture, land and farm management
Food sciences
Engineering
Environmental engineering
Freeze desalination
Cold energy recovery
Ice storage
Energy integration
Proton exchange membrane electrolyzer
Hydrogen fuel cell
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title Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments
title_full Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments
title_fullStr Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments
title_full_unstemmed Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments
title_short Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments
title_sort Integrated solar-powered freeze desalination and water electrolysis system with energy recovery and storage for sustainable agriculture in desert environments
topic Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Agriculture, land and farm management
Food sciences
Engineering
Environmental engineering
Freeze desalination
Cold energy recovery
Ice storage
Energy integration
Proton exchange membrane electrolyzer
Hydrogen fuel cell