Freshwater and Lithium from Desalination Powered by Marine Energy Sources

• To our knowledge, this paper represents an initial study of a novel concept in freshwater and lithium extraction from desalination powered off-grid by marine renewable energy sources. The project's background is interest in the local supply of lithium for the growing numbers of electric vehicles. The desalination technologies investigated are reverse osmosis and electrodialysis. The collocation of the marine resources, possibly available and future technical solutions, and demands for freshwater and lithium suggest that the proposed system could be interesting to study further.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Wave power

marine current energy

desalination

lithiumion battery

electric vehicles

aqueous mining

brine management.

Engineering Science with specialization in Science of Electricity

Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot elektricitetslära

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)