Design and performance evaluation of a portable hybrid desalination unit using direct contact membrane distillation in dual configuration

Khadije El Kadi; Raed Hashaikeh; Rizwan Ahmed; Isam Janajreh

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.229

Design and performance evaluation of a portable hybrid desalination unit using direct contact membrane distillation in dual configuration

Khadije El Kadi, Raed Hashaikeh, Rizwan Ahmed, Isam Janajreh

Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

Petroleum Institute

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Abstract

In this work, we propose a standalone portable desalination unit that is based on direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) technology and is powered by hybrid solar energy. The novel dual channel DCMD module enables reserving the compact size of the unit and high production rates. The unit has a net membrane area of 0.042-m² and is evaluated under several feed temperatures using both ideal assumptions and practical computational fluid dynamics (CFD) validated modeling. Results shows that at feed temperature of 40°C and permeate temperature of 25°C, the unit can produce 2.31 L/day of freshwater without any external heat source as two stages of heat utilization are allowed.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	904-910
Number of pages	7
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	158
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.229
State	Published - 2019
Event	10th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2018 - Hong Kong, China Duration: 22 Aug 2018 → 25 Aug 2018

Keywords

CFD
Desalination
Heat utilization
Membrane distillation
Portable water
Standalone solar system

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