abengoa solutions to water scarcity in the middle east
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In the challenge of water supply for Middle Eastern countries desalination plays a critical role. That's how Abengoa will make it work.TRANSCRIPT
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ABENGOA Improving Existing Asset Management to Improve Energy Consumption
January 2014
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Water scarcity in the Middle East
What can be done? Improve water management by:
• Efficient water use • Groundwater conservation • Adequate water tariffs • Creating new water sources (reuse and desalination)
Desalination plays and will play a critical role in the future water supply for Middle Eastern countries
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Trends in desalination technologies
MSF MED VC SWRO
Annual new contracted desalination capacity by technology1
Energy use for alternative desalination technologies2
1 GWI, Global Water Markets 2014 2 Adapted from Voutchkov N., Desalination Engineering Planning and Desing, McGraw Hill, 2013.
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Case study: Optimized power consumption in Chennai
Desalination plant in Chennai (100 ML/day)
• Specific Power: 3,51 kWh/m3
• Power Ratio Average Aug’12 to Jan’13: 2,55 kWh/m3
• Power Saved: 27% • Power Saved between Aug’12 and Jan’13: 14.688 MWh • CO2 saved between Aug’12 and Jan’13: 8.761 Ton. CO2
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• Utilized energy recovery devices, variable frequency drivers and recuperation of residual pressure for sand filters
(1) Calculated for Abengoa Water sources
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The future: solar driven desalination
Average water stress by country, 2000-09*
Opportunity: solar energy potential in the MENA region*
*Adapted from: World Bank, Renewable energy desalination, Washington DC, 2012.
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Keys to solar driven desalination
• MENA region has huge potential to produce solar energy
• Solar energy is more predictable than most of other RE sources1
• RO, CSP and PV are scalable technologies • Level of technological development (relevant advances
have been done to address this challenge) 1 PRODes 2010
Thank you
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