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Online Published: 30 Jun 2016
 


Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant

Albashir.kh. Elfaqih.


Abstract
This paper illustrates a proposed design to the Center for Solar Energy Research and Studies (CSERS) - Tajura, for the erection and testing of a stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system for the powering of a small scale seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalinationplant. The plant promises to deliver up to 0.25 m3/hour of potable water from seawater with a salinity of about 38,000 ppm and osmotic pressure of 26.4bar.In the current paper, ROSA Software by Dow chemical company was used to establish a suitable membrane unit at this capacity. A unit of 4 inch of SW30-4040, with a feed pressure of 48 bar, and a salt recovery (R) of 20% with total dissolved solids (TDS) of 190ppm was selected.Also, results showed that the electrical consumption of the SWRO plant was 2500 W, and the specific energy consumption was 10 kWh/m3. The size of the selected stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system to power a SWRO plant with a mean production capacity of1.5m³/day (6 hours operating per day), is 48V nominal voltage, 72 PV modules (shell SQ85-P), and 16 batteries with the capacity of 383Amp-Hour each.

Key words: Desalination, SWRO, Photovoltaic, Tajura


 
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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih. Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant. Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev.. 2016; 5(1): 12-21.

doi:10.51646/jsesd.v5i1.66

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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih. Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant. Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev.. 2016; 5(1): 12-21.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v5i1.66

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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih. Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant. Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev.. (2016), [cited November 12, 2026]; 5(1): 12-21.


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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih (2016) Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant. Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev., 5 (1), 12-21.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v5i1.66

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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih. 2016. Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant. Solar Energy and Sustainable Development, 5 (1), 12-21.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v5i1.66

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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih. "Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant." Solar Energy and Sustainable Development 5 (2016), 12-21.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v5i1.66

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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih. "Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant." Solar Energy and Sustainable Development 5.1 (2016), 12-21. Print.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v5i1.66

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Albashir.KH. Elfaqih (2016) Design of photovoltaic system powered a small-scale SWRO desalination plant. Solar Energy and Sustainable Development, 5 (1), 12-21.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v5i1.66

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