Water desalination

This work focuses on vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) for seawater desalination. The aim of the work was to compare two hollow fibre module configurations (inside/out and outside/in). Experiments were carried out with pure water and with 15 g/L up to 300 g/L NaCl solutions and for two different ma

The paper presents the results of a feasibility study to assess the potential of ambient energy in producing low-cost desalinated water. The proposed method uses conventional off-the-shelf desalination equipment linked up to an innovative energy harvesting system made of extruded aluminium planks wh

The dynamic modelling and simulation of the three sections of a water desalination facility using the Solar Multiple Condensation Evaporation Cycle (SMCEC) technique are presented. The models are obtained using thermal energy and mass balances of the different sections of the unit. The resulting dis