Barriers to Thermal Desalination in the United States. Desalination and Water Purification Research Development Program Report No. 143; Rept. for Oct 05-Dec 07

摘要

This report quantifies where thermal desalination processes should be competitive, citing examples and documenting regulations and practices that are impeding the implementation of thermal desalination in the United States. This was accomplished through the following series of steps: (1) Investigating our domestic power market regulations and practices (both State and national) (2) Summarizing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) cogeneration policies; (3) Profiling existing industrial and dual-purpose power/water cogeneration projects; (4) Discussing carbon footprint and prime energy consumption of various desalination processes; (5) Outlining target criteria for future cogeneration applications; and (6) Discussing exergistic analyses of single-purpose and dual-purpose desalination plants. Exergistic analysis involves a detailed review of all energy consumed in a process and all products or services the process provides.