Cost analysis of seawater desalination with reverse osmosis in Turkey

AKGÜL D., ÇAKMAKCI M., KAYAALP N., KOYUNCU İ.

DESALINATION, cilt.220, ss.123-131, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 220
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.01.027
  • Dergi Adı: DESALINATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.123-131
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: desalination, reverse osmosis, operating parameters, unit costs
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Economically usable water resources per capita are decreasing due to excessive population increase each year in Turkey. For this reason, new water resources should be found in the near future. The potential water resources are seawater or well water both of which need removal of salinity. The most promising treatment method for salinity is reverse osmosis. While reverse osmosis becomes widespread, the cost of the process will decrease. There is no detailed information about cost of seawater desalination in Turkey. In this study, a cost analysis of seawater desalination in Turkey was performed for reverse osmosis systems. The basic parameters of cost analysis such as capacity, recovery, membrane life, energy, chemical costs and flux were evaluated based on the effects on capital, operating and total production costs.