Desert energy storage liquid cooling

What is freeze desalination?

Freeze desalination is an efficient method of desalting brackish water. Cold energy from ice melting is recovered for air conditioning. The hydrogen storage enables continuous operation. Agricultural activities in remote desert locations face significant challenges due to high water and energy demands and the lack of necessary infrastructure.

Does freeze desalination save energy?

Freeze desalination offers a promising, reliable, and energy-saving operation for brackish water desalination for agricultural use. Cooling generation through cold energy recovery from freeze desalination needs to be investigated within integrated greenhouse systems.

Which renewable resources are available in desert environments?

Among the renewable resources available in desert environments, solar energy is the most abundant and reliable due to the high levels of sunlight these areas receive, making them ideal for harnessing solar power through photovoltaic systems.

What is ice storage air conditioning?

Ice storage air conditioning Ice storage allows for utilizing cold energy for cooling on demand. The cold energy stored in crystal ice is recovered through ice melting and used to generate cooling liquid at 5 ° C for air conditioning purposes.

Can integrated systems support agriculture activities in hot desert environments?

This study presents the conceptual design and analysis of a novel integrated system to support agriculture activities in hot desert environments.

How much energy does a space cooling system generate?

The integrated system could generate 2.70 MW of electric power, 72.2 m 3 /day of freshwater, 796 kW of space cooling, 6420kg/day of oxygen, and 802.3 kg/day of hydrogen at a parabolic trough collector area of 80,000 m 2. The energy and exergy efficiencies of the system were determined to be 41.0 % and 28.4 %, respectively.