Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region

Water scarcity in arid regions has driven the spread of desalination. These systems contribute to water access but come at an intensive energy cost, and lead to brine discharge and associated environmental impacts. This work aims to investigate emerging societal issues and tensions when developing a...

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Authors: Gamboa, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-0577-2934, Palenzuela, Patricia|||0000-0001-8044-969X, Ktori, Rodoula, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego C.|||0000-0002-8843-8511, Zaragoza, Guillermo|||0000-0002-4452-9980, Fayad, Samar, Xevgenos, Dimitros|||0000-0003-3529-403X, Palmeros Parada, Mar|||0000-0003-3450-7670
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Publication Date:2025
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Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.desal.2024.118213
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Circular economy
Context-sensitive design
Design for values
Responsible Innovation
Thermal seawater desalination
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spelling Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed regionEmerging value tensions in full-scale implementationGamboa, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-0577-2934Palenzuela, Patricia|||0000-0001-8044-969XKtori, RodoulaAlarcón-Padilla, Diego C.|||0000-0002-8843-8511Zaragoza, Guillermo|||0000-0002-4452-9980Fayad, SamarXevgenos, Dimitros|||0000-0003-3529-403XPalmeros Parada, Mar|||0000-0003-3450-7670Circular economyContext-sensitive designDesign for valuesResponsible InnovationThermal seawater desalinationCircular economyContext-sensitive designDesign for valuesResponsible InnovationThermal seawater desalinationWater scarcity in arid regions has driven the spread of desalination. These systems contribute to water access but come at an intensive energy cost, and lead to brine discharge and associated environmental impacts. This work aims to investigate emerging societal issues and tensions when developing and implementing a thermal desalination system to produce irrigation water in the South of Spain. This has been done in a demonstration system for solar desalination able to recover water and salts from desalination brine. For this purpose, a context-sensitive design exercise has been implemented. First, tensions between social values expressed by diverse stakeholders have been identified. Then, a set of technical scenarios for the full-scale implementation of the system were designed and evaluated, comparing them to conventional membrane desalination. The analysis indicates high economic and energy costs to avoid the environmental impacts of increasing water production. 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/303223https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.desal.2024.118213reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 869474open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3032232026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
Emerging value tensions in full-scale implementation
title Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
spellingShingle Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
Gamboa, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-0577-2934
Circular economy
Context-sensitive design
Design for values
Responsible Innovation
Thermal seawater desalination
Circular economy
Context-sensitive design
Design for values
Responsible Innovation
Thermal seawater desalination
title_short Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
title_full Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
title_fullStr Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
title_full_unstemmed Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
title_sort Thermal seawater desalination for irrigation purposes in a water-stressed region
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gamboa, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-0577-2934
Palenzuela, Patricia|||0000-0001-8044-969X
Ktori, Rodoula
Alarcón-Padilla, Diego C.|||0000-0002-8843-8511
Zaragoza, Guillermo|||0000-0002-4452-9980
Fayad, Samar
Xevgenos, Dimitros|||0000-0003-3529-403X
Palmeros Parada, Mar|||0000-0003-3450-7670
author Gamboa, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-0577-2934
author_facet Gamboa, Gonzalo|||0000-0003-0577-2934
Palenzuela, Patricia|||0000-0001-8044-969X
Ktori, Rodoula
Alarcón-Padilla, Diego C.|||0000-0002-8843-8511
Zaragoza, Guillermo|||0000-0002-4452-9980
Fayad, Samar
Xevgenos, Dimitros|||0000-0003-3529-403X
Palmeros Parada, Mar|||0000-0003-3450-7670
author_role author
author2 Palenzuela, Patricia|||0000-0001-8044-969X
Ktori, Rodoula
Alarcón-Padilla, Diego C.|||0000-0002-8843-8511
Zaragoza, Guillermo|||0000-0002-4452-9980
Fayad, Samar
Xevgenos, Dimitros|||0000-0003-3529-403X
Palmeros Parada, Mar|||0000-0003-3450-7670
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Circular economy
Context-sensitive design
Design for values
Responsible Innovation
Thermal seawater desalination
Circular economy
Context-sensitive design
Design for values
Responsible Innovation
Thermal seawater desalination
topic Circular economy
Context-sensitive design
Design for values
Responsible Innovation
Thermal seawater desalination
Circular economy
Context-sensitive design
Design for values
Responsible Innovation
Thermal seawater desalination
description Water scarcity in arid regions has driven the spread of desalination. These systems contribute to water access but come at an intensive energy cost, and lead to brine discharge and associated environmental impacts. This work aims to investigate emerging societal issues and tensions when developing and implementing a thermal desalination system to produce irrigation water in the South of Spain. This has been done in a demonstration system for solar desalination able to recover water and salts from desalination brine. For this purpose, a context-sensitive design exercise has been implemented. First, tensions between social values expressed by diverse stakeholders have been identified. Then, a set of technical scenarios for the full-scale implementation of the system were designed and evaluated, comparing them to conventional membrane desalination. The analysis indicates high economic and energy costs to avoid the environmental impacts of increasing water production.
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