Study on an advanced adsorption desalination cycle with evaporator–condenser heat recovery circuit

Kyaw Thu, Bidyut Baran Saha, Anutosh Chakraborty, Won Gee Chun, Kim Choon Ng

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    Abstract

    This paper presents the results of an investigation on the efficacy of a silica gel-water based advanced adsorption desalination (AD) cycle with internal heat recovery between the condenser and the evaporator. A mathematical model of the AD cycle was developed and the performance data were compared with the experimental results. The advanced AD cycle is able to produce the specific daily water production (SDWP) of 9.24 m3/tonne of silica gel per day at 70 °C hot water inlet temperature while the corresponding performance ratio (PR) is comparatively high at 0.77. It is found that the cycle can be operational at 50 °C hot water temperature with SDWP 4.3. The SDWP of the advanced cycle is almost twice that of the conventional AD cycle. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)43-51
    Number of pages9
    JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
    Volume54
    Issue number1-3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 2011

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