Open AccessModelling of the coupling of desalination plants with the thermal solar energy system
Author(s) -
Sara Irki,
Nachida Kasbadji-Merzouk,
Salah Hanini,
Djamel Ghernaout
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
water science and technology water supply
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1607-0798
pISSN - 1606-9749
DOI - 10.2166/ws.2020.092
Subject(s) - membrane distillation , desalination , distillation , environmental science , thermal , solar energy , solar desalination , work (physics) , nuclear engineering , multiple effect distillation , volumetric flow rate , meteorology , process engineering , materials science , atmospheric sciences , thermodynamics , membrane , chemistry , engineering , physics , electrical engineering , chromatography , biochemistry
This work aims to develop models able to describe and predict the thermal solar collector coupled with vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) unit to determine the growth evolution of the temperature in the solar collector and the membrane module of the VMD. These models will be used to evaluate the distillate flow rates during the year. The global solar radiation data recorded on an inclined surface as well as ambient temperature data can be included in a program. First, the models were validated with some experimental data studies from appropriate literature and then they were used to predict the unit's performance under different operating conditions in the City of Bouzaréah (Algiers). The results obtained from the proposed models showed that the distillate flux water reached 10.5 kg/h·m2 in September and around 5.6 kg/h·m2 in December during midday.
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