Thermodynamic analysis of combined CSP-MED desalination in Algeria

The aim of this work is thermodynamic analysis of the combine of concentrated solar power plant CSP and multi-effect desalination (MED) compared with the combination of CSP with a reverse osmosis (RO) plant. The solar power plants disposed a solar tour (heliostat field and volumetric receiver and steam turbine for electric production. The performance of the solar plant and the desalination plant both working together is tested in a case study. In the city of MOSTAGANEM in ALGERIA. In this work, the radiometric and meteorological data arise directly from the software meteonorme 7. In addition, a steady state model has been made by proposing a set of nonlinear, algebraic equations for each cycle and implementing them in the Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software.