Assessment of thermal and membrane seawater desalination technologies for tourism activities : an economic comparison
Joint Authors
al-Hanqari, Salah
al-Bu Sayfi, Muhammad
al-Mudir, Walid
Source
The International Journal of Engineering and Information Technology
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.118-132, 15 p.
Publisher
Misurata University Faculty Engineering
Publication Date
2020-06-30
Country of Publication
Libya
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Tourism activities are considered as a main supporting sector for many nations economics.
These activities are supported by many infrastructure utilities such as electricity, water, and communication systems.
In some regions, water is not readily available in quality and quantities required for human consumptions and utilizations.
In fact, water exists in form of high saline water (i.e.
brackish water or Seawater) and may contain pollutants and microorganisms that should be eliminated or treated by appropriate methods.
To overcome shortage of water, desalination processes are the most feasible approach that can be used to secure acceptable quality and quantity of water.
In this paper, opportunities of using different desalination processes for supplying water to tourism activities are explored in term of economics for a small coastal tourism town at three different scenarios of tourists populations; 250, 500 and 1000 persons, economic analysis is focused on estimating the cost of one cubic meter of water produced using four different types of desalination processes namely Multi Stage Flash, Multi Effect Evaporation, Mechanical Vapor Compression, and Reveres Osmosis.
Results, conclusions, and recommendations driven from this study are presented.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Hanqari, Salah& al-Bu Sayfi, Muhammad& al-Mudir, Walid. 2020. Assessment of thermal and membrane seawater desalination technologies for tourism activities : an economic comparison. The International Journal of Engineering and Information Technology،Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.118-132.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1462127
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Hanqari, Salah…[et al.]. Assessment of thermal and membrane seawater desalination technologies for tourism activities : an economic comparison. The International Journal of Engineering and Information Technology Vol. 6, no. 2 (Jun. 2020), pp.118-132.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1462127
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Hanqari, Salah& al-Bu Sayfi, Muhammad& al-Mudir, Walid. Assessment of thermal and membrane seawater desalination technologies for tourism activities : an economic comparison. The International Journal of Engineering and Information Technology. 2020. Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.118-132.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1462127
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Record ID
BIM-1462127