Energy Storage for Desalination

摘要

1. Energy storage is critical for uninterrupted supply of freshwater sources from desalination technologies that depend on variable energy sources 2. The type and size of energy storage depends on combinations of the desalination process and renewable energy technology 3. While the benefits of energy storage systems can be realized from energy, environmental and economic perspectives, the energy storage option may not be ideal or economical in all cases since it's feasibility depends on the location, type and size of the desalination application and the available renewable energy sources 4. Apart from the cost issues, other barriers for TES implementation include material properties and stability issues. 1. Future research efforts on the development of storage materials for different temperature ranges, containers and thermal insulation 2. Phase change and thermochemical storage technologies require additional efforts to improve material reactions along with process parametric optimization for desalination applications 3. Battery energy storage technologies also suffer from similar issues as thermal energy storage technologies 4. Significant research efforts need to be devoted to electrochemistry of the materials to produce low cost, high density and low environmental impact batteries 5. Environmental conditions (humidity, dirt, solar insolation and ambient temperature) play an important role in the design and sizing of P V-Wind-RO-Battery storage systems.