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Low grade heat driven multi-effect distillation technology
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Wang, X and Christ, A and Regenauer-Lieb, K and Hooman, K and Chua, HT, Low grade heat driven multi-effect distillation technology, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 25-26, (54) pp. 5497-5503. ISSN 0017-9310 (2011) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.07.041
Abstract
Low grade heat driven multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination has received tremendous attention recently. The primary reason is that many countries, such as Australia, are water short and conventional desalination technology is energy intensive. If the required energy hails from fossil fuel source, then the freshwater production will contribute to carbon dioxide emission and consequently global warming. Low grade heat sources such as geothermal energy and waste heat from process plants generate minimal carbon dioxide. This source of energy is generally abundant at a typical temperature around 65–90 °C in many localities, and matches perfectly with the MED technology which is driven with a maximum temperature of about 90 °C. In this paper, we propose a MED design to better harness the low grade thermal energy. By means of a calibrated simulation model, validated with experimental data of single effect freshwater generators, we demonstrate that 25–60% improvement to the freshwater yield compared with conventional MED design is possible.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Engineering |
Research Group: | Other engineering |
Research Field: | Other engineering not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in engineering |
UTAS Author: | Wang, X (Professor Xiaolin Wang) |
ID Code: | 81203 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 57 |
Deposited By: | Engineering |
Deposited On: | 2012-11-27 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-06 |
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