Development of an innovative seawater desalination system using non-grid-connected wind power

Author

Gu, Weidong ; He, Xiaobin

Author_Institution

Jiangsu Acad. of Macroeconomic Res., Nanjing, China

fYear

2009

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An innovative seawater desalination system using non-grid-connected wind power is developed. The system makes full use of the cheap, clean, and renewable sources: non-grid-connection wind power. The system adopts the low-temperature, multi-stage, high-efficiency desalination technology to produce cheap fresh water. It includes five major parts: fixed-pitch variable-speed wind turbine, power converter system, control system, seawater desalination unit and pump units as electrical loads. The system´s large-scale deployments can change the power transmission into the freshwater transmission ashore, which leads to 25% cost reduction and good business prospects in the world.

Keywords

desalination; power convertors; seawater; wind power; wind turbines; control system; cost reduction; electrical loads; fixed-pitch variable-speed wind turbine; freshwater transmission ashore; high-efficiency desalination technology; innovative seawater desalination system; nongrid-connected wind power; power converter system; power transmission; pump units; seawater desalination unit; Chemical technology; Costs; Desalination; Electrical equipment industry; Electrical products industry; Large-scale systems; Sea measurements; Water resources; Wind energy; Wind power generation; non-grid-connected wind power; seawater desalination;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference, 2009. WNWEC 2009

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4702-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WNWEC.2009.5335872

Filename

5335872