Abstract
This paper presents the results of an investigation on the efficacy of a silica gel-water based advanced adsorption desalination (AD) cycle with internal heat recovery between the condenser and the evaporator. A mathematical model of the AD cycle was developed and the performance data were compared with the experimental results. The advanced AD cycle is able to produce the specific daily water production (SDWP) of 9.24 m3/tonne of silica gel per day at 70 °C hot water inlet temperature while the corresponding performance ratio (PR) is comparatively high at 0.77. It is found that the cycle can be operational at 50 °C hot water temperature with SDWP 4.3. The SDWP of the advanced cycle is almost twice that of the conventional AD cycle.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 43-51 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 15 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): R265-000-286-597
Acknowledgements: The authors' gratefully acknowledge the financial support given by grants (No. R33-2009-000-101660) from the World Class University (WCU) Project of the National Research Foundation, (R265-000-286-597) from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and (R265-000-287-305) from ASTAR.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
Keywords
- Adsorption
- Desalination
- Heat recovery
- Waste heat
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes