Control of distributed heat transfer mechanisms in membrane distillation plants

Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati (Inventor), Fadi Eleiwi (Inventor), Ayman M. Karam (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Various examples are provided that are related to boundary control in membrane distillation (MD) processes. In one example, a system includes a membrane distillation (MD) process comprising a feed side and a permeate side separated by a membrane boundary layer; and processing circuitry configured to control a water production rate of the MD process based at least in part upon a distributed heat transfer across the membrane boundary layer. In another example, a method includes determining a plurality of estimated temperature states of a membrane boundary layer separating a feed side and a permeate side of a membrane distillation (MD) process; and adjusting inlet flow rate or inlet temperature of at least one of the feed side or the permeate side to maintain a difference temperature along the membrane boundary layer about a defined reference temperature based at least in part upon the plurality of estimated temperature states.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Patent numberWO 2017002077 A1
StatePublished - Jan 5 2017

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