Studies on Optimal Strategy to Adopt Nuclear Power Plants into Saudi Arabian Energy System Using MESSAGE Tool
Table 5
The characteristic parameters values of the desalination technologies from [11–16, 74, 78].
Thermal
Membrane
Cog-SMART
MSF
MED
SWRO
Nominal thermal power (MWt) generated
330
—
—
—
—
—
Annual plant thermal production (GWth/yr)
2370
MSFSA-
MSFC
MEDSA
MEDC
Installed capacity (million m3/day)
0.4
1.5
2.7
1.6
0.9
2.7
Cap cost (million U$)
1000
3779.4
6803.3
2892.1
1630.9
3.901.1
Cap cost (U$/(m3·day)
1.27
2412.5
2412.5
1731.1
1734.7
1385.9
Cap cost (U$/KWh)
0.1405
03
05
02
01
09
Opex fix (U$/(m3·day)
0.25
120.6
120.6
12.5
57.2
55.4
Opex fix (U$/KW/yr)
16.5
50.38
50.38
8.70
39.83
14.46
Var cost (U$/km3)
0.45
0.12
0.12
01
06
06
Lifetime (yr)
60
25
25
25
25
25
Thermal energy consumption (kWhth/m3)
—
85
202.5
68
168
4.1
Electrical energy consumption (kWhel/m3)
—
2.5
2.5
1.5
1.5
4
Cog: cogeneration, MSF: multistage flash, MED: multiple effect distillation, SWRO: seawater reverse osmosis, MSFSA: MSF stand alone, MSFC: MSF cogeneration, MEDSA: MED stand alone, MEDC: MED cogeneration and other: other technologies, including those that use brackish water, Cap cost: capital cost, Opex fix: operation fixed cost, and Var cost: variable cost.
