Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way Forward
Solar-driven desalination systems have been recognized as an effective technology to address the water crisis. Recently, evaporators prepared based on advanced manufacturing technologies have emerged as a promising tool in enhancing ocean energy utilization. In this review, we discussed the thermal...
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| author | Meng Wang Yen Wei Ruoxin Li Xin Wang Chengyu Wang Nanqi Ren Shih-Hsin Ho |
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| description | Solar-driven desalination systems have been recognized as an effective technology to address the water crisis. Recently, evaporators prepared based on advanced manufacturing technologies have emerged as a promising tool in enhancing ocean energy utilization. In this review, we discussed the thermal conversion, energy flow, salt deposition mechanisms, and design strategies for solar-driven desalination systems, and explored how to improve the desalination performance and energy use efficiency of the systems through advanced manufacturing technologies. In future perspectives, we determined the feasibility of coupling solar-driven solar desalination systems with multi-stage energy utilization systems and emerging artificial intelligence technologies, for which conclusions are given and new directions for future desalination system development are envisioned. Finally, exciting opportunities and challenges in the face of basic research and practical implementation are discussed, providing promising solutions and blueprints for green and novel desalination technologies while achieving sustainable development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec723747c55d4a919619a2cd4ee6010d2024-04-03T04:50:11ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Research2639-52742023-01-01610.34133/research.0290Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way ForwardMeng Wang0Yen Wei1Ruoxin Li2Xin Wang3Chengyu Wang4Nanqi Ren5Shih-Hsin Ho6State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China.Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China.State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.Solar-driven desalination systems have been recognized as an effective technology to address the water crisis. Recently, evaporators prepared based on advanced manufacturing technologies have emerged as a promising tool in enhancing ocean energy utilization. In this review, we discussed the thermal conversion, energy flow, salt deposition mechanisms, and design strategies for solar-driven desalination systems, and explored how to improve the desalination performance and energy use efficiency of the systems through advanced manufacturing technologies. In future perspectives, we determined the feasibility of coupling solar-driven solar desalination systems with multi-stage energy utilization systems and emerging artificial intelligence technologies, for which conclusions are given and new directions for future desalination system development are envisioned. Finally, exciting opportunities and challenges in the face of basic research and practical implementation are discussed, providing promising solutions and blueprints for green and novel desalination technologies while achieving sustainable development.https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0290 |
| spellingShingle | Meng Wang Yen Wei Ruoxin Li Xin Wang Chengyu Wang Nanqi Ren Shih-Hsin Ho Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way Forward Research |
| title | Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way Forward |
| title_full | Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way Forward |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way Forward |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way Forward |
| title_short | Sustainable Seawater Desalination and Energy Management: Mechanisms, Strategies, and the Way Forward |
| title_sort | sustainable seawater desalination and energy management mechanisms strategies and the way forward |
| url | https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0290 |
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