Experimental investigation of a two-stage solar humidification–dehumidification desalination process |
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Authors: | M Zamen SM Soufari S Abbasian Vahdat M Amidpour MA Zeinali H Izanloo H Aghababaie |
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Affiliation: | 1. Iranian Institute of Research and Development in Chemical Industries (ACECR), Karaj, Iran;2. Department of Mechanical Eng., K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran;3. Research Center for Environmental Pollutants and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Health Faculty, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran;4. Qom Payame Noor University, Qom, Iran |
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Abstract: | This paper experimentally evaluates a two-stage technique to improve the humidification–dehumidification process in fresh water production from brackish water. According to modeling results of multi-stage process and on the basis of construction cost estimation, using a two-stage process is the most suitable choice that can improve important parameters such as specific energy consumption, productivity and daily production per solar collector area and thus, investment cost. A pilot plant was designed and constructed in an arid area with 80 m2 solar collector area to evaluate the two-stage process. This unit was tested on cold and hot days. The effect of main parameters on fresh water production of the unit is studied. Experimental results show that two-stage HD desalination unit can increase heat recovery in condensers and hence, reduce thermal energy consumption and investment cost of the unit. Moreover, productivity can be increased by 20% compared with the single-stage unit. |
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Keywords: | Solar desalination Humidification&ndash dehumidification Two-stage process |
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