Journal
DESALINATION
Volume 436, Issue -, Pages 161-175Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2018.02.018
Keywords
Humidification-dehumidification (HDH); Thermal desalination technology; The gained-output ratio (GOR); Experimental; Analytical; Effectiveness
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- King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals [IN151001]
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Humidification dehumidification (HDH) desalination system is a thermal-based desalination technology that is suitable for small-scale water desalination applications. In this paper, we present an experimental and thermodynamic analysis of the energetic performance of two HDH cycles. The HDH cycles considered are the basic open-air open-water (OAOW) cycle and the modified closed-water open-air (CWOA) cycle with the options of brine recirculation. An experimental investigation is performed on the modified cycle to validate the theoretical model that is used to assess the energetic performance of both the basic and modified cycles. The theoretical model is found to be in a good agreement with the experimental data with a maximum percentage deviation of 5% from the experimental data. Furthermore, limiting cases of the system are explored. Within the limiting cases, the modified cycle recorded about 100% improvement in the energy performance over the basic cycle due to heat recovery process associated with the modified cycle. Additionally, a cost analysis was performed to determine the cost of freshwater production by the presented desalination cycles. Results show that the freshwater price varied from 4.10 to 6.55 $/m(3) and 0.79 to 2.25 $/m(3) for the basic OAOW HDH cycle and the modified CWOA HDH cycle, respectively.
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