LAPSE:2023.23399
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LAPSE:2023.23399
Economic Study of Solar Chimney Power-Water Distillation Plant (SCPWDP)
Emad Abdelsalam, Feras Kafiah, Malek Alkasrawi, Ismael Al-Hinti, Ahmad Azzam
March 27, 2023
This work provides technical and economic feasibility of installing a solar chimney power-water distillation plant (SCPWDP) in the port of Aqaba in Jordan. A mathematical model for the SCPWDP has been developed and validated. A full year of weather conditions data has been processed, where water and electricity productions have been estimated. The results show that the SCPWDP can produce 481,440 kWh of electricity and 123,753 ton of distilled water yearly simultaneously. The economic analysis shows that the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for the SCPWDP is $1.86/kWh. The cost estimate seems reasonable once compared with other studies. However, from economical point of view the LCOE of SCPWDP requires a further decrease in order to make it economically feasible. The sensitivity analysis shows that increasing the chimney height of the SCPWDP would increase the production of electricity, and hence, decreases the LCOE. However, increasing the chimney height would have a marginal improvement since it increases both capital and operation expenditures.
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direct water evaporation, economic study, SCPP, SCPWDP, solar chimney, solar water distillation
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Abdelsalam E, Kafiah F, Alkasrawi M, Al-Hinti I, Azzam A. Economic Study of Solar Chimney Power-Water Distillation Plant (SCPWDP). (2023). LAPSE:2023.23399
Author Affiliations
Abdelsalam E: Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan [ORCID]
Kafiah F: Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan [ORCID]
Alkasrawi M: UWSP Paper Science & Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA [ORCID]
Al-Hinti I: Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan
Azzam A: Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman 11831, Jordan
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Energies
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13
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11
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E2789
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2020
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2020-06-01
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1996-1073
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