모로코의 첫 태양열 담수화 플랜트가 마라케시(Marrakech) 근처에서 운영을 시작했다. Aquasolar 파일럿 프로젝트는 445만 모로코달러(45만 달러)의 비용이 들었으며 모로코 태양열 및 신에너지 연구기관인 Iresen으로부터 전적으로 자금을 지원받았다.

Iresen에 따르면 하루 120㎥의 담수 생산용량을 보유한 이 이동식 플랜트는 모듈화되어 있고, 광발전(PV) 및 증류식 태양열 기술(thermal solar technologies)로 전력을 공급받는다. 플랜트는 역삼투 및 멤브레인 증류를 가동하기 위한 10kW의 통합 용량을 가진 57개의 PV 패널과 14kW의 등급을 가진 18개의 태양열 증류식 패널로 구성되어 있다.

 

 

 

Morocco's first solar-powered desalination plant has started operations near Marrakech.

 

The pilot Aquasolar project cost MAD 4.45 million (US$ 450,000) and was financed entirely by Morocco's institute for solar and new energies research, Iresen.

 

The mobile plant is modular and powered by photovoltaic (PV) and thermal solar technologies to desalinate 120 m³/d according to Iresen.

 

The plant comprises 57 PV panels with a combined capacity of 10 kW and 18 solar thermal panels rated at 14 kW to fuel reverse osmosis and membrane distillation. The reverse osmosis uses electricity from the PV cells while the membrane distillation process is powered by the solar thermal panels.

 

The "innovative" combination of two technologies for desalination and two solar technologies optimises the volume of processed water and keeps brine production to a minimum Iresen said.

 

The price of one cubic metre of potable water produced by the device is estimated at MAD 8 (about US$ 0.8) over an operation time of 10 years, said Iresen.

Aquasolar was implemented in the National Energy Centre of Nuclear Science and Technology by academia and industry including: the universities, Moulay Ismail and Hassan II; Moroccan company, LSA Industrie; and Spain's Solar Platform of Almeria.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2016년 1월 11일]