电气化太阳能零液体排放:探索美国PV-ZLD的潜力
Rodrigo A Caceres Gonzalez1,2, Marta C Hatzell1,3
1George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Environmental science & technology
|May 3, 2024
概括
零液体排放 (ZLD) 淡化厂可以回收资源,但增加能源使用. 将光伏 (PV) 电源与混合系统集成提供了一个解决方案,优化水成本和效率,德克萨斯州显示了最有利的结果.
科学领域:
- 环境工程 环境工程
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
- 可再生能源系统可再生能源系统
背景情况:
- 目前的盐水管理经常处置盐水,失去宝贵的水和矿物质.
- 零液体排放 (ZLD) 旨在最大限度地回收资源,但会增加能源消耗和碳足迹.
- 与可再生能源相结合的混合淡化技术是减少ZLD对环境的影响的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为光伏 (PV) 驱动的混合ZLD系统开发一个计算热力学模型.
- 分析美国ZLD工厂的潜在规模,成本和效率.
- 确定影响水平价成本 (LCOW) 和第二规律效率的关键变量.
主要方法:
- 由PV驱动的混合ZLD系统的计算热力学建模.
- 分析影响LCOW和第二法效率的地理空间和设计变量.
- 多目标优化,以评估碳税对水成本和工厂尺寸的影响.
主要成果:
- 在最小化LCOW和最大化第二规律效率之间存在负相关性.
- 德克萨斯州在研究系统中表现出最低的LCOW和高的第二规律效率.
- 加利福尼亚州对该系统的经济和效率结果不太有利.
结论:
- 由光伏供电的混合ZLD系统为可持续的海水淡化提供了一个有希望的方法.
- 地缘空间因素对ZLD工厂的经济可行性和效率产生重大影响.
- 考虑碳税可以改变最佳的工厂规模,并提高ZLD水生产的经济竞争力.
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