Casimiro, SergioCardoso, João P.Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-CésarTurchi, CraigIoakimidis, C.Mendes, J. Farinha2014-06-032014-06-032014Casimiro, S.; Cardoso, J.; Alárcon-Padilla, D.C.; Turchi, C.; Ioakimidis, C.; Mendes, J.F. Modeling multi effect distillation powered by CSP in TRNSYS. In: Energy Procedia, 2014, Vol. 49, p. 2241-22501876-6102http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/2484This work presents the results of using a new tool to simulate the cogeneration of water and electricity with Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Forward Feed Multi-Effect-Desalination (FF-MED) plants, by adding a new functionality to the System Advisor Model (SAM) developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The controlling strategy of the MED model is presented in detail, and a case study application is shown. This study compares the results obtained with a CSP plant operating in San Diego, CA, with four different cooling systems: an MED/Seawater Cooling Circuit (SWCC), dry cooling, wet cooling, and a SWCC standalone. The results show that the usage of an MED/SWCC system in cogeneration with a CSP plant can be feasible and has the potential to be economically interesting.engConcentrated solar powerThermodynamic simulationDesalinationMulti-effect-desalinationCogenerationTRNSYSjournal article