Assessing the Energy Footprint of Desalination Technologies and Minimal/Zero Liquid Discharge (MLD/ZLD) Systems for Sustainable Water Protection via Renewable Energy Integration

Energies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(4), P. 962 - 962

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Water scarcity necessitates desalination technologies, yet their high energy demands and brine disposal challenges hinder sustainability. This research study evaluates the footprint carbon emissions of thermal- membrane-based alongside Minimal/Zero Liquid Discharge (MLD/ZLD) frameworks, with a focus on renewable source (RES) integration. Data revealed stark contrasts: thermal-based technologies like osmotic evaporation (OE) crystallizers (BCr) exhibit intensities 80–100 kWh/m3 52–70 kWh/m3, respectively, coal-powered footprints reaching 72–100 kg CO2/m3. Membrane-based such as reverse osmosis (RO) (2–6 kWh/m3) forward (FO) (0.8–13 kWh/m3), demonstrate lower (1.8–11.7 CO2/m3 under coal). Transitioning to RES reduces by 90–95%, exemplified energy-powered RO (0.1–0.3 CO2/m3). However, scalability barriers persist, including capital costs, intermittency, technological immaturity in emerging systems osmotically assisted (OARO) membrane distillation (MD). highlights RES-driven MLD/ZLD pivotal for aligning global climate targets, urging innovations storage, material robustness, circular economy models secure water resource resilience.

Language: Английский

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Enhancing solar greenhouse efficiency through the integration of phase change materials: Thermal regulation and sustainable crop growth

Energy and Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 115667 - 115667

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Innovative high-energy nanocomposite absorbers for superior solar-driven water desalination through broadband solar energy harvesting

Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 126531 - 126531

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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From Diffusive Evaporation to Explosive Boiling: The Role of Wettability in Phase Change Dynamics of Nanoscale Binary Liquid Films

Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 136657 - 136657

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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“Hybrid bidirectional-gradient” phase change separator for battery all-temperature-range performance enhancement

Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 161940 - 161940

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Artificial Intelligence Based Evaluation of the Tri-hybridized (WS₂+Fe₃O₄+CuS) Flow Subjected to the Thermal Performance in Porous Systems

Results in Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 104717 - 104717

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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PSO-Optimised Autoencoder for Fault Prediction in Wind Turbine Planet Carrier Bearing

Results in Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 104844 - 104844

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Manuscript Title:Thermal-Electrical scheduling of Low-Carbon Industrial energy systems with rooftop PV: An improved Red-Billed blue magpie optimization approach

Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103599 - 103599

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Research on the coupled characteristics of multi-physics fields in direct energy deposition melt pool considering powder effect

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 246, P. 127074 - 127074

Published: April 15, 2025

Language: Английский

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Agricultural byproduct/reduced graphene oxide sustainable nanocomposite aerogels as solar evaporation active materials

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 288, P. 113648 - 113648

Published: April 15, 2025

Language: Английский

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