Organic Rankine cycle integrated with hydrate-based desalination for a sustainable energy–water nexus system

Clathrate hydrate-based desalination (HyDesal) is a promising desalination technology but it is energy intensive. Developing strategies to reduce the high energy consumption of HyDesal process is necessary for its industrial application. The need for refrigeration requirement for the operation of HyDesal can be offset by LNG cold exergy to reduce its energy consumption. However, the LNG cold exergy utilization efficiency is low due to the large...