Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries

Water is one of the pressing global challenges facing humanity. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, it is considered as the most critical challenges and is expected to grow with time. GCC countries have chosen desalination as the strategic water resource option and is, therefore, the wo...

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Main Author: Fath, Hassan El-Banna (author)
Other Authors: Sadik, Ashraf (author), Mezher, Toufic (author)
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8162
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv FATH, Hassan, Toufic Mezher, and Ashraf Sadik. "Present and Future Trend in Desalinated Water Production and Energy Consumption in GCC Countries." International Journal of Thermal Engineering and Environment (IJEE) 5, no. 2 (2013): 155-166.
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description Water is one of the pressing global challenges facing humanity. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, it is considered as the most critical challenges and is expected to grow with time. GCC countries have chosen desalination as the strategic water resource option and is, therefore, the world largest desalinated water producing regions. The objective of this study is to explore the current desalination technologies and their respective energy demands in GCC countries with different alternatives to reduce energy consumption. The paper presents and analyzes the present and the future prospective of water production rates and trends as well as the corresponding energy consumptions. The recent and historical desalination operational data have been studied and analysed and the results were presented using forecasted published data, up to the year 2025. Areas of possible efficiency improvements and reduction in the specific power consumption of the main commercially used desalination technologies; thermal (Multi Stage Flash (MSF) and Multiple Effect Distillation (MED)) and membrane (Reverse Osmosis (RO)) including the rehabilitation of present operating plants are presented. In addition, alternative energy sources such as renewable and nuclear as well as new desalination technologies of potential commercialization are also highlighted.
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spelling Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC CountriesFath, Hassan El-BannaSadik, AshrafMezher, TouficWater desalinationenergyfuture trendsGCC countiesWater is one of the pressing global challenges facing humanity. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, it is considered as the most critical challenges and is expected to grow with time. GCC countries have chosen desalination as the strategic water resource option and is, therefore, the world largest desalinated water producing regions. The objective of this study is to explore the current desalination technologies and their respective energy demands in GCC countries with different alternatives to reduce energy consumption. The paper presents and analyzes the present and the future prospective of water production rates and trends as well as the corresponding energy consumptions. The recent and historical desalination operational data have been studied and analysed and the results were presented using forecasted published data, up to the year 2025. Areas of possible efficiency improvements and reduction in the specific power consumption of the main commercially used desalination technologies; thermal (Multi Stage Flash (MSF) and Multiple Effect Distillation (MED)) and membrane (Reverse Osmosis (RO)) including the rehabilitation of present operating plants are presented. In addition, alternative energy sources such as renewable and nuclear as well as new desalination technologies of potential commercialization are also highlighted.2016-03-01T04:13:05Z2016-03-01T04:13:05Z2013info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfFATH, Hassan, Toufic Mezher, and Ashraf Sadik. "Present and Future Trend in Desalinated Water Production and Energy Consumption in GCC Countries." International Journal of Thermal Engineering and Environment (IJEE) 5, no. 2 (2013): 155-166.1923-73081923-7316http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8162en_UShttp://www.iasks.org/sites/default/files/ijtee201305020155165.pdfoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/81622024-08-22T12:18:12Z
spellingShingle Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries
Fath, Hassan El-Banna
Water desalination
energy
future trends
GCC counties
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title Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries
title_full Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries
title_fullStr Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries
title_full_unstemmed Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries
title_short Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries
title_sort Present and Future Trend in the Production and Energy Consumption of Desalinated Water in GCC Countries
topic Water desalination
energy
future trends
GCC counties
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8162