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In this study, we assessed the yield of a solar power tower integrated with a desalination unit, under the climate of Nador city located in the Mediterranean part of Eastern Morocco (35.17° N latitude and −2.93° E longitude). The considered solar tower is equipped with a two-tank direct thermal energy storage system which operates with a mixture of potassium and sodium nitrate molten salt integrated with a power block of 111 MWe turbine gross output performed using System Advisor Model (SAM) software. As for the desalination unit, it consists of a Direct Contact Membrane Distillation System (DCMD) solved in MATLAB environment based on heat and mass transfer equations. The obtained findings show that the annual energy generation and cooling water demand were expected to be 446.7 GWh and 1,141,527 m3, with a SM = 2.4, a capacity factor of 51.1%, and 12 h of full load thermal storage. This combination leads to a freshwater production ranging from 4046 to 28,833 L/day in December and August, respectively.
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Ait Lahoussine Ouali, H., Iqbal Soomro, M., Touili, S., Alami Merrouni, A. (2023). Simulation and Yield Analysis of a Solar Tower Plant Combined with Seawater Desalination System in the Mediterranean Area. In: Bekkay, H., Mellit, A., Gagliano, A., Rabhi, A., Amine Koulali, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems. ICEERE 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 954. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6223-3_78
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