Thermal driven

Separation

Processes

Case study of Memsys Solar

Desalination System in Morocco

Memsys Water Technologies GmbH

Fuggerstraße 33, 86830 Schwabmünchen, Germany

+49 (0) 823 2807 9549

+65 91011205

Contact@memsys.eu

Kui.zhao@memsy.eu

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Location and partner

Location: Ben Guerir, Moroco

Partner: Green energy park, Morocco,

http://www.greenenergypark.ma/

Memsys solar system

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System layout

PV cells

� House�

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Inside the “House”

RO system

with

pretreatment

Memsys

system

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Memsys system

memsys

• 4 effect;

• 6.4 m2 membrane area;

• 20~50 l/h distillate water;

• Operating temperature 75~80 oC�

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Process diagram

PV: 64 m2, 10 kW

MemsysRO

500 L

water

tank

Solar collector: 30

m2, 15 kW, 90 oC

RO brine,

1.5 m3/h

Product clean water,

7.8~8 m3/h

Final brine to discharge,

1~1.2 m3/h

Underground

water, 9 m3/h

0.3~0.5 m3/h7.5 m3/h

Container

(modified)

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Operation data

• Solar heating temperature to

memsys is depended on the

weather;

• In a normal day in March, we can

get ave. 70 oC hot water to run

the MD system;

• The memsys system can produce

25~40 l/h distillate water;