Table 1 Mean number of PV, PV-T and ST collectors installed, aggregated over technology, for each of the case-study plants and locations considered determined by an optimisation to reduce the total lifetime cost of the system
From: Lifetime optimisation of integrated thermally and electrically driven solar desalination plants
Plant | \({\dot{m}}_{{{{\rm{prod}}}}}\) / m3day−1 | Location | Batteries | PV collectors | PV-T collectors | ST collectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small | 355 | Abu Dhabi | 17 | 127 | 0 | 5 |
Gran Canaria | 108 | 227 | 5 | 9 | ||
Tijuana | 299 | 504 | 130 | 84 | ||
La Paz | 114 | 389 | 44 | 339 | ||
Medium | 12057 | Abu Dhabi | 3000 | 2810 | 4 | 70 |
Gran Canaria | 4920 | 3800 | 83 | 566 | ||
Tijuana | 5580 | 5840 | 45 | 1420 | ||
La Paz | 5110 | 3210 | 727 | 233 | ||
Large | 169458 | Abu Dhabi | 43600 | 42000 | 213 | 1860 |
Gran Canaria | 74100 | 57900 | 4870 | 4730 | ||
Tijuana | 69800 | 69600 | 18000 | 28300 | ||
La Paz | 46400 | 35300 | 14400 | 39300 |
