Nuclear Desalination
Desalination Economic Evaluation Program (DEEP)
The Desalination Economic Evaluation Program DEEP is a tool made freely available by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which can be used for performance and cost evaluation of various power and water co-generation configurations. The new version, DEEP 4.0, adds a new user interface emphasizing its user friendliness for both newcomers and experts.
The highlights of DEEP 4.0 are:
Development of an intuitive graphical user interface containing all the basic reference coupling schemes in a single unified template. This template includes beginner and expert mode, error checking and helpful messages that assist the user in tracing the logical errors produced by the input of erroneous values.
'On-the-fly' comparison of different technologies and configurations without having to rerun the programme
Versatile sensitivity analysis to show the impact between important parameters and results
The new version of DEEP is suitable for analysis among different plant types (steam, gas, combined cycle and heat only plants), different fuels (nuclear, oil, coal) and various desalination options including Multi-Effect Distillation (MED), Multi-Stage Flash (MSF), Reverse Osmosis (RO) and hybrid options. It also includes formulation of different alternatives such as different turbines configurations, backup heat, intermediate loop, water transport costs and carbon tax.
Desalination Thermodynamic Optimization Program (DE-TOP)
DE-TOP (Beta) has been developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency as a tool for the thermodynamic analysis and optimization of nuclear cogeneration systems, such as nuclear desalination.
DE-TOP models the secondary cycle of different water cooled reactors and the connection between any non-electrical application. The user is able to select different cogeneration modes and analyse their effect over the overall plant performance.
The main features of DE-TOP 1.0b are:
Detailed calculation of mass and energy flows in the power plant secondary cycle
Robust model of water/steam properties based on the IAPWS-IF97 industrial formulation
Fully customizable power plant parameters to fit any user defined case. The user can also select among several predefined cases (PWR, BWR, SMRs, etc.)
Intuitive graphical user interface. DE-TOP has a friendly user interface that simplify its use and allows a better understanding of the system
Report and analysis of plant performance in single electricity production and cogeneration modes
As DE-TOP is still under continuous development, the current available version is released as a beta-version.
IAEA Toolkit on nuclear desalination
For various information on the Agency's activities on seawater desalination using nuclear power, you can download the IAEA Toolkit on nuclear desalination
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