2010
EMSS 2010 Proceeding
Optimal design for water and power co-generation in remote areas using renewable energy sources and intelligent automation
Authors: Amr Kandil, Adrian Gambier, Essameddin Badreddin
Abstract
In this paper a reverse osmosis desalination plant for brackish water powered by renewable energy sources, and a diesel generator as back-up will be described. The whole system serves as a laboratory prototype for testing new automatic control methods to increase the plant reliability, which is crucial in remote arid areas. The necessary steps for the design of an optimal co- generation of both water and electricity such as the decision support system, modelling and simulation of the system and developing a fault tolerant control system will be depicted. The overall goal is to provide a cost optimal way to produce water and energy under the regional and technical boundary conditions.
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