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Geo-Informatics for Optimal Design of Desalination Plants Using Renewable Energy Sources: The DESiRES Platform Paradigm

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Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo Informatics Applications (CAJG 2018)

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This work described the operational capabilities of a platform developed to assist decision makers to determine the optimal location and configuration of desalination plants to be powered by renewable energy sources. The platform, called DESiRES, operates under an open source geographical information system interface. Interoperability with geostatictical and optimization design algorithm modules was achieved via the location based information provided by the geographical module. The current stage of DESiRES platform development (i.e., study areas, data used, etc.) was presented along with the basic platform functionalities, showing a great potential for design and assessment of desalination in the Mediterranean region.

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Acknowledgements

The research presented in this manuscript was funded by the project DESIRES:

DESign of DESalination systems based on optimal usage of multiple Renewable Energy Sources, ERANETMED NEXUS-14-049, co-financed by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme.

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  1. Technical University of Crete, University Campus, Akrotiri, 73100, Chania, Greece

    Eftichios Koutroulis, George Petrakis, Dionissios Hristopulos & Panagiotis Partsinevelos

  2. Space Geomatica P.C, Xanthoudidou 10A, 73134, Chania Crete, Greece

    Achilles Tripolitsiotis

  3. Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, 2092, Tunisia

    Nabila Halouani & Arij Ben Naceur

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  1. Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA

    Hesham M. El-Askary

  2. Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Saro Lee

  3. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Essam Heggy

  4. University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Biswajeet Pradhan

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Koutroulis, E. et al. (2019). Geo-Informatics for Optimal Design of Desalination Plants Using Renewable Energy Sources: The DESiRES Platform Paradigm. In: El-Askary, H., Lee, S., Heggy, E., Pradhan, B. (eds) Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo Informatics Applications. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01440-7_13

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