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Solar-powered Desalination with Nanofiltration membranes
AGRISOL PROJECT: USAID-MERC: M32-023
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Participants and Partners
Mr. Boaz Ayalon, (USAID-MERC)
Dr. Rami Messalem (BGU)
Dr. Sireen Naoum and Ms. Nahla Eylian (NCARE)
Eng. Firas Alawneh
Prof. Jamal Safi and Mr. Mohamed Safi, (EPRI)
Mr. Boaz Hurwitz, Mrs. Rivka Offenbach, Dr. Effi Trepler (R&D ARAVA),
Dr. Andrea Ghermandi (HU)
Kick-off meeting USAID-MERC project AGRISOL,
Movenpick Hotel, Aqaba, Jordan, 2nd December 2014
Movenpick Hotel, Aqaba, Jordan, Tuesday 2nd December 2014 -
10:30 AM Welcome and Opening
11:00 AM Overview by Coordinator BGU- Dr. Rami Messalem
11:30 AM Partner presentation / key personnel All partners
1:00 PM Lunch break
1:30 PM Presentation and discussion WP1:
Pilot design & construction
BGU, HU
WP Leader- Dr. Andrea Ghermandi
2:30 PM Presentation and discussion WP2:
Pilot testing & optimization
BGU, HU
WP Leader -Eng. Firas Alawneh
3:00 PM Coffee break
3:30 PM Presentation and discussion WP3:
Agronomic experiments
R&D ARAVA, NCARE
WP Leader : Dr. Sireen Naoum,
Mrs. Rivka Offenbach
4:00 PM Presentation and discussion WP4:
Evaluation
BGU, HU, EPRI
WP Leader -Dr. Andrea Ghermandi
4:30 PM Presentation and discussion WP5:
Exploitation & Dissemination
All partners
WP Leader –Prof. Jamal Safi
5:00 PM Presentation and discussion WP6:
Management
BGU, HU
WP Leader -Dr. Rami Messalem
5:30 PM First 6 months plan and open discussion BGU- Dr. Rami Messalem
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Partners collaboration
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USAID MERC
BGU
EPRI
NCARE KARAMA
HU
R&D ARAVA
NERC
AGRISOL project management
Platform management
Coordinator Responsibility
Management
Head of Team
Assembly of partners
Work package leader
Water department at BGU
Dr. R. Messalem
One person each institution
One person each institution
Administration
Day to day management
Overall strategy
Responsible for the work package
Summary of key MERC elements
Relevance to regional development Innovative aspects Strength of Arab-Israeli cooperation Sustainability
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The Rationale of the project
The focus of the AGRISOL project—small-scale desalination units—is specifically meant to benefit the individual farmer
Agriculture is a major source of livelihood in large, semi-arid and sparsely populated regions in the Middle East.
Irrigation with desalinated water has the potential to be a
water-efficient and economically viable alternative to brackish water irrigation.
Integration of solar power and desalination technologies has the potential of reducing costs and improving the environmental sustainability of desalination technologies, particularly in areas with unlimited access to solar energy such as MENA
The principal research hypothesis of the AGRISOL project is that partial desalination of brackish water by NF membranes is a technically feasible and economically viable solution for agriculture in semi-arid areas of MENA.
In the medium and long-terms, irrigation using desalinated water will allow cultivation practices to focus on more highly valued horticultural crops, contributing to the more sustainable development of rural areas in the MENA region.
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The Rationale of the project
The Rationale of the project
NF desalination is substantially less energy-intensive than RO desalination The higher salinity of NF permeate compared to RO permeate results in
negligible differences in crop yields Compared to RO permeate, NF permeate has a higher concentration of
the essential elements necessary for plant growth Irrigation with desalinated water is more efficient than with brackish
water Many areas in MENA are freshwater poor but have extensive brackish
water resources
Overall aim and specific objectives
To optimize the design of solar NF desalination to achieve energy efficient and low maintenance units producing permeate water of suitable composition for crop irrigation.
To construct two solar-powered NF pilot desalination units with the optimized design, one in Israel and one in Jordan.
To evaluate the technical and economical sustainability of the two units for the cultivation of two different types of high-value crops over two seasons
To disseminate the findings of the project to the farming communities in the Arava region of Jordan , the Palestinian Authority , Israel and the scientific community
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Detailed technical work plan
WP1 Pilot design & construction
WP2 Pilot testing & optimization
WP3 Agronomic
experiments
WP4 Evaluation
WP5 Exploitation and dissemination
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WP6 Management
WP1 Pilot design & construction
Determination of the optimal design for the two pilot solar desalination plants
Construction, installation and commissioning of the Jordanian pilot desalination plant
Upgrade of the Israeli pilot solar desalination plant located in Hatzeva
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WP2 Pilot testing & optimization
Identification of different operation strategies.
Detailed planning of timing and duration of the tests to be performed in both pilot plants.
Pilot testing and identification of optimal operation strategies
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WP3 Agronomic experiments
Market survey of local agricultural practices, including the identification of locally grown crops and the irrigation rates currently applied by the local farmers
Planning, setup of the agronomic experiments, including planning of irrigation rate application and setup of the necessary equipment
Conducting the agronomic experiments
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WP4 Evaluation
Technical evaluation of the proposed technology, including salt retention
rates, energy consumption, overall water recovery, analysis of membrane
performance over the total operation time, and the need for membranes
and other equipment to be replaced.
Full economic analysis of the proposed technology, including a
comprehensive cost benefit analysis taking into account investment costs
(from WP1), operation and maintenance costs (from WP2), market values
of the produce, and opportunity costs given by the current agricultural
practices
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WP5 Exploitation and dissemination
Dissemination of the project results to local stakeholders and potential
end-users by organizing at least two joint workshops in Israel and Jordan
and demonstrations of the technology.
Organization of workshops in the West Bank (at least one) and locally in the
Gaza Strip (every three months) with the purpose of raising awareness of
sustainability issues in agriculture (e.g., problems with salinity increase due
to seawater intrusion) and disseminating the project concepts and results
to the local farming communities and other stakeholders (e.g., locally
active NGOs).
Dissemination of project results to the scientific audience, participation in
international conferences
Technology implementation plan 16
WP6 Management
Coordinate technical management activities implemented through the different work areas by providing support and organizing reporting, including regular risk assessments.
Monitoring the overall progress of project organization and of work implementation.
Ensuring smooth flow of information between project members and between the consortium and USAID-MERC.
Coordinating and managing the contractual and financial aspects of the project.
Creating and maintaining internal communication routes (e.g. web-based platform)
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Control plot irrigated with
brackish water (450 m2)
Staple crops irrigated with
desalinated water (450 m2)
Halophyte irrigated with
concentrate (100 m2)
PV modules
Nanofiltration unit
Battery
AC/DC
inverter
Pilot testing and agricultural experiments
The NF Desalination System
Solar-powered operation
29 m2 of polycrystalline
photovoltaic modules
(4.2 kilowatts)
24/7 fully energy
autonomous
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Quality of the Product
Project schedule and meetings
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month 1 • Kickoff meeting
month 6 • Visit at Jordan pilot
Month 12 • Watec
MONTH 16 • Workshop at Hatseva
Month 25 • Workshop at Jordan
Milestones
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Website Established Month 3
Installation of 2 pilots
Month 12
End of first series of experiments
Month 21
End of second series of experiments
Month 30
List of deliverables
No. Title WP Partners involved * Nature Dissemination Delivery
D1.1 Site characterization 1 BGU, NCARE Int. report Consortium Month 4
D1.2 Pilot plants design 1 BGU, NCARE Int. report Consortium Month 8
D1.3 Design and construction 1 BGU, NCARE Report Public Month 12
D2.1 Pilot testing (1st series) 2 BGU, NCARE Int. report Consortium Month 15
D2.2 Pilot testing (2nd series) 2 BGU, NCARE Int. report Consortium Month 24
D3.1 Agronomic experiments 3 R&D ARAVA,NCARE, EPRI Int. report Consortium Month 21
D3.2 Agronomic experiments 3 R&D ARAVA ,NCARE, EPRI Int. report Consortium Month 30
D4.1 Technology evaluation 4 All (HU is WP leader) Int. report Consortium Month 34
D4.2 Final report 4 All Report Public Month 36
* The work package leader assumes the responsibility to coordinate the preparation of the report
Budget terms
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EPRI NCARE
((NERC HU R&D
ARAVA
BGU YEAR
19,550 98,670 24,495 7,682 22,253 20,010 1
22,050 23,230 25,990 12,742 22,713 22,080 2
22,050 23,230 16,215 16,537 25,243 21.850 3
63,650 211,830 36,961 70,209 63,940 Total
Total USAID GRANT - 446,589$
Rice Experiments
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Rice Experiments