Cost analysis of seawater desalination with reverse osmosis in Turkey

Demet Akgul; Mehmet Çakmakci; Necati Kayaalp; Ismail Koyuncu

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2007.01.027

Cost analysis of seawater desalination with reverse osmosis in Turkey

Demet Akgul, Mehmet Çakmakci, Necati Kayaalp, Ismail Koyuncu^*

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-131
Number of pages	9
Journal	Desalination
Volume	220
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2007.01.027
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2008

Keywords

Desalination
Operating parameters
Reverse osmosis
Unit costs

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