Nexus Energy and Water: Integration Concepts for Solar Energy in Industrial Water and Waste Water Management
Abstract
The main objective of IEA SHC Task 62 is to increase the use of solar thermal energy in industry, to develop new collector technologies and to open up industrial and municipal water treatment as a new area of application with high market potential for solar thermal energy. The nexus between solar thermal energy and water treatment enables the development of new and innovative technology combinations and the change to a sustainable, resource- and energy-efficient industry. For the best possible integration of solar energy in waste water treatment integration concepts incorporated into a decision-making tool provide a basis information platform for decision-making and system integration.