Environmentally-driven design of a floating desalination platform (Case study: reverse osmosis floating desalination platform of ras gharib, Egypt)
Floating desalination plants are fairly new technologies and are not as common as the traditional land-based desalination plants. Almost none of the proposed nor installed projects' designers indicates that the design is environmentally driven, and only few designs are environmentally assessed....
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doaj-25eb9b26b4e342ba85d2e2d44f218aec2021-09-13T02:25:59ZengAIMS PressAIMS Energy2333-83342021-06-019362365010.3934/energy.2021030Environmentally-driven design of a floating desalination platform (Case study: reverse osmosis floating desalination platform of ras gharib, Egypt)Seif Bayoumi0Mohamed E.A. Ali1Islam Amin 2Raneem El Torky3Selda Oterkus4Hosam Shawky5Erkan Oterkus61. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria 1029, Egypt2. Egypt Desalination Research Center of Excellence (EDRC) and Hydrogeochemistry Department, Desert Research Centre, Cairo 11753, Egypt3. Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said 42511, Egypt 4. Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, UK5. Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Princeton NJ 08544, USA4. Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, UK2. Egypt Desalination Research Center of Excellence (EDRC) and Hydrogeochemistry Department, Desert Research Centre, Cairo 11753, Egypt4. Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, UKFloating desalination plants are fairly new technologies and are not as common as the traditional land-based desalination plants. Almost none of the proposed nor installed projects' designers indicates that the design is environmentally driven, and only few designs are environmentally assessed. This paper aims to highlight the significant role of the environmental practices to achieve a sustainable design, where most of the environmental impact assessment procedures are performed prior to the design phase. Throughout the research, comparing alternatives and analyzing the baseline provided reliable technical help in the tasks of selecting the proposed project's location, desalination technology, power source and platform configuration. Thus, detailed technical descriptions of different systems are presented. Finally, environmental impacts associated with the operation of the proposed floating desalination plant in the selected location are assessed to give guidance on the monitoring and mitigation processes necessary to enhance the process performance, minimize the adverse environmental impacts and ensure the project's sustainability.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/energy.2021030?viewType=HTMLfloating desalination platformswind energysolar energyenvironmental impact assessmentsustainable design |
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Seif Bayoumi Mohamed E.A. Ali Islam Amin Raneem El Torky Selda Oterkus Hosam Shawky Erkan Oterkus Environmentally-driven design of a floating desalination platform (Case study: reverse osmosis floating desalination platform of ras gharib, Egypt) AIMS Energy floating desalination platforms wind energy solar energy environmental impact assessment sustainable design |
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Environmentally-driven design of a floating desalination platform (Case study: reverse osmosis floating desalination platform of ras gharib, Egypt) |
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Environmentally-driven design of a floating desalination platform (Case study: reverse osmosis floating desalination platform of ras gharib, Egypt) |
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Floating desalination plants are fairly new technologies and are not as common as the traditional land-based desalination plants. Almost none of the proposed nor installed projects' designers indicates that the design is environmentally driven, and only few designs are environmentally assessed. This paper aims to highlight the significant role of the environmental practices to achieve a sustainable design, where most of the environmental impact assessment procedures are performed prior to the design phase. Throughout the research, comparing alternatives and analyzing the baseline provided reliable technical help in the tasks of selecting the proposed project's location, desalination technology, power source and platform configuration. Thus, detailed technical descriptions of different systems are presented. Finally, environmental impacts associated with the operation of the proposed floating desalination plant in the selected location are assessed to give guidance on the monitoring and mitigation processes necessary to enhance the process performance, minimize the adverse environmental impacts and ensure the project's sustainability. |
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