A greener seawater desalination method by direct-contact spray evaporation and condensation (DCSEC): Experiments
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Alrowais, Raid Naif
Qian, Chen
Burhan, Muhammad
Ybyraiymkul, Doskhan
Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil
Ng, Kim Choon

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionEnvironmental Science and Engineering Program
Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-690096, Saudi Arabia
Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
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2020-06-29Online Publication Date
2020-06-29Print Publication Date
2020-10Submitted Date
2020-02-11Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/664322
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Owing to the high specific energy consumption of conventional seawater desalination methods available hitherto, there is much motivation for designing greener desalination processes. As a greener desalination process, it should consume lower top-brine temperatures for the seawater feed as well as minimum chemical use for brine treatment. In this paper, a direct-contact spray-assisted evaporation and condensation (DCSEC) is presented that addresses the above-mentioned requirements of greener desalination. We have tested both the single-stage and multi-stage configurations of DCSEC process with seawater (3.5% by weight salinity) from Red Sea. The performance of the system was investigated for a feed flow rate of 6 L/minute when the evaporator chamber temperature was varied from 38 °C to 60 °C. From the experiments, maximum distillate production of 31 L/hr m3 was recorded at 60 °C feed temperature for a single-stage configuration. To further enhance the distillate production of DCSEC, an innovative micro/nano-bubbles (M/NBs) generator device is incorporated in the feed supply system which resulted in 34% increase in potable water production at the corresponding inlet feed temperatures.Citation
Alrowais, R., Qian, C., Burhan, M., Ybyraiymkul, D., Shahzad, M. W., & Ng, K. C. (2020). A greener seawater desalination method by direct-contact spray evaporation and condensation (DCSEC): Experiments. Applied Thermal Engineering, 179, 115629. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115629Sponsors
The authors wish to thank the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) (URF/1/2986-01-01), and Aljouf University (JU).Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Applied Thermal EngineeringAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1359431120331112ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115629
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