Study on an advanced adsorption desalination cycle with evaporator-condenser heat recovery circuit

Kyaw Thu, Bidyut Baran Saha, Anutosh Chakraborty, Won Gee Chun, Kim Choon Ng

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)43-51
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume54
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 15 2011
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged 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

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