The shortage of drinking water source limits the socio-economic development of many areas of the world. Saudi Arabia is one of the poor countries in fresh water source and around 40 to 50% of portable water is produced by desalination technology that depends on using oil and natural gas. The high cost of the water and electricity production reflects depleting the natural source of the country. This paper show literature review for using solar energy in desalination application. The direct electrical method PV–RO combination works like two independent units also there is still much room for improving the combination of both technologies. A direct thermal method such as solar still is applicable for small scale since the productivity is very low and the required area to produce water in commercial scale is huge. CSP systems can be combined with different desalination methods (RO, MSF and MED). The researches show that CSP-MSF seems to be not feasible compared to MED CSP. CSP coupled with MED and RO appear to be promising since the water cost ranges 0.62 to 3.09 $/m3. Besides, it was shown that MED-CSP suits more the stand-alone option while CSP+RO is preferred for cogeneration plants. The water cost for CSP+MED in the previous literature shows variation from 0.62 to 3.09 $/m3.
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abstract = {The shortage of drinking water source limits the socio-economic development of many areas of the world. Saudi Arabia is one of the poor countries in fresh water source and around 40 to 50% of portable water is produced by desalination technology that depends on using oil and natural gas. The high cost of the water and electricity production reflects depleting the natural source of the country. This paper show literature review for using solar energy in desalination application. The direct electrical method PV–RO combination works like two independent units also there is still much room for improving the combination of both technologies. A direct thermal method such as solar still is applicable for small scale since the productivity is very low and the required area to produce water in commercial scale is huge. CSP systems can be combined with different desalination methods (RO, MSF and MED). The researches show that CSP-MSF seems to be not feasible compared to MED CSP. CSP coupled with MED and RO appear to be promising since the water cost ranges 0.62 to 3.09 $/m3. Besides, it was shown that MED-CSP suits more the stand-alone option while CSP+RO is preferred for cogeneration plants. The water cost for CSP+MED in the previous literature shows variation from 0.62 to 3.09 $/m3.},
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