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DESALINATION
卷 545, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2022.116129
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Thermal efficiency; Porous wick condenser; Flooding; High salinity; Air gap membrane distillation
This study provides the first analysis of efficiency enhancement in membrane distillation (MD) using porous wicking conductive condensers. Experimental and numerical modeling results demonstrate that the porous wick condenser significantly improves the thermal efficiency, gain output ratio (GOR), and flux of MD. The optimized thickness and permeability of the porous condensers help eliminate the risk of flooding in air gap MD (AGMD).
Among membrane distillation (MD) configurations, air gap MD (AGMD) has superior energy efficiency at high salinity. However, flooding of the gap prevents optimal thin gap depths as water removal is a challenge. To address these challenges, this work provides the first analysis of efficiency enhancement via porous wicking conductive condensers in MD. To do so, we examined performance with experiments and comprehensive thermo- fluid numerical models; we find that the porous wick condenser significantly improves thermal efficiency, gain output ratio (GOR), and flux. MD experiments show that the porous copper foam improves the thermal efficiency of air gap membrane distillation up to 40 % and water flux up to 144 %. Numerical modeling shows the porous copper foam improves the GOR of membrane distillation in high salinity by 98.7 %, outperforming air gap MD, permeate gap MD, and conductive gap MD. The optimized thickness and permeability of porous condensers significantly help eliminate the risk of flooding in AGMD.
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