The cost analysis showed that implementation of an absorption heat pump considerably reduces costs: a total cost of about $2 per m 3 of distillate could be obtained for large plants. The technical feasibility of absorption heat pumps for seawater desalination processes was proven in this project....
A solar desalination plant was installed at the Plataforma Solar de Almer铆a (PSA), Spain, and its first start-up took place in July, 1988. It is a multi-effect distillation (MED) system coupled to a one-axis tracking collector field and to a double-effect absorption heat pump. This ...
In July, 1988, the first start-up of a solar multi-effect distillation system took place at the Platafonna Solar de Almerla, a solar research centre located in southeastern Spain, near Almeria. The plant, known as "Sol-14", is still in operation. The plant was built and connected to ...