State of the Art of Desalination in Mexico
This research paper presents a review of the state of the art of desalination in Mexico, with the aim of clarifying the main challenges and opportunity areas for desalination as the main solution to overcome water stress. First, the current situation and forecasts on the availability of water resour...
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| author | Juan Ríos-Arriola Nicolás Velázquez Jesús Armando Aguilar-Jiménez Germán Eduardo Dévora-Isiordia Cristian Ascención Cásares-de la Torre José Armando Corona-Sánchez Saúl Islas |
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| description | This research paper presents a review of the state of the art of desalination in Mexico, with the aim of clarifying the main challenges and opportunity areas for desalination as the main solution to overcome water stress. First, the current situation and forecasts on the availability of water resources in Mexico are described, followed by the main economic, social, and legislative issues of desalination. Mexico’s installed capacity for the different desalination technologies and their evolution in recent years was investigated, followed by a comparison with global trends. The current state of research and development in desalination technologies carried out by Mexican institutions was also studied. The results show that membrane technology plants account for 88.85%, while thermal technology plants account for the remaining 11.15%. Although Mexico presented a 240% increase in its desalination capacity in the last 10 years, it has not been enough to overcome water stress, so it is concluded that in the future, it is necessary to increase its capacity in greater proportion, specifically in the areas with greater scarcity, which can be achieved with the joint participation of academy–industry–government through the creation of autonomous organizations, social programs, and/or public policies that promote it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b083834f85a43648f0ad26c2684e8cf2023-11-24T08:13:02ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-11-011522843410.3390/en15228434State of the Art of Desalination in MexicoJuan Ríos-Arriola0Nicolás Velázquez1Jesús Armando Aguilar-Jiménez2Germán Eduardo Dévora-Isiordia3Cristian Ascención Cásares-de la Torre4José Armando Corona-Sánchez5Saúl Islas6Centro de Estudio de las Energías Renovables, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21280, MexicoCentro de Estudio de las Energías Renovables, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21280, MexicoCentro de Estudio de las Energías Renovables, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21280, MexicoDepartment of Water and Environmental Sciences, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Calle 5 de Febrero 818 Sur, Ciudad Obregón 85000, MexicoCentro de Estudio de las Energías Renovables, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21280, MexicoCentro de Estudio de las Energías Renovables, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21280, MexicoCentro de Estudio de las Energías Renovables, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21280, MexicoThis research paper presents a review of the state of the art of desalination in Mexico, with the aim of clarifying the main challenges and opportunity areas for desalination as the main solution to overcome water stress. First, the current situation and forecasts on the availability of water resources in Mexico are described, followed by the main economic, social, and legislative issues of desalination. Mexico’s installed capacity for the different desalination technologies and their evolution in recent years was investigated, followed by a comparison with global trends. The current state of research and development in desalination technologies carried out by Mexican institutions was also studied. The results show that membrane technology plants account for 88.85%, while thermal technology plants account for the remaining 11.15%. Although Mexico presented a 240% increase in its desalination capacity in the last 10 years, it has not been enough to overcome water stress, so it is concluded that in the future, it is necessary to increase its capacity in greater proportion, specifically in the areas with greater scarcity, which can be achieved with the joint participation of academy–industry–government through the creation of autonomous organizations, social programs, and/or public policies that promote it.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/22/8434desalinationdeveloping countriesenvironmental impact |
| spellingShingle | Juan Ríos-Arriola Nicolás Velázquez Jesús Armando Aguilar-Jiménez Germán Eduardo Dévora-Isiordia Cristian Ascención Cásares-de la Torre José Armando Corona-Sánchez Saúl Islas State of the Art of Desalination in Mexico Energies desalination developing countries environmental impact |
| title | State of the Art of Desalination in Mexico |
| title_full | State of the Art of Desalination in Mexico |
| title_fullStr | State of the Art of Desalination in Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | State of the Art of Desalination in Mexico |
| title_short | State of the Art of Desalination in Mexico |
| title_sort | state of the art of desalination in mexico |
| topic | desalination developing countries environmental impact |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/22/8434 |
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