Design and fabrication of a portable and hybrid solar-powered membrane distillation system

Chafidz, Achmad; Kerme, Esa Dube; Wazeer, Irfan; Khalid, Yasir; Ajbar, Abdelhamid; Al‐Zahrani, Saeed M.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.127

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“…For producing the water, a vacuummulti effect membrane distillation (V-MEMD) unit (Memsys, Germany) was used. Figure 2 (Adopted from the literature [1]) shows the schematic diagram of the SPD system. The SPD system consists of three main sub-systems, which are: 1) Solar-photovoltaic (PV) system, to harness solar energy and converts into electricity for powering the equipment; 2) Solar-thermal collector system, to harness solar energy and converts into thermal energy to supply the heat required by the Memsys unit via a heat exchanger; and 3) Memsys V-MEMD system for producing the water by utilizing the low grade heat generated by the thermal collector.…”

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“…seawater, brackish water) during operation of the SPD system. The more details of the SPD system could be found in our previous work [1,6].…”

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“…The MD process can be described as combined process between membrane and thermal distillation proceses. It can also be called a "trans-membrane evaporation" process [1][2][3]. The basic working principle of MD process is very simple.…”

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“…Due to its hydrophobic nature of the membrane, only vapor can pass through the membrane, and thus separating the (pure) water from the saline water. There are several advantages of MD process, such as: the process is very simple, it can be used for any range of saline water, less fouling tendency, the heat used can be low grade heat, it can produce water with high quality, it can be run with small temperature difference [1,2,4,5]. Based on the mechanism, the MD process can be classified into several different configurations.…”

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Abstract. This research focused on the development of an innovative design of solar-powered desalination (SPD) system which was expected to solve the water and energy problem simultaneously. We have developed a portable and hybrid solar-powered desalination (SPD) system for producing potable water from saline water. It is a self-contained and integrated system which combines solar-thermal collector and solar-photovoltaic for its operation, and thus the system can operate to produce water by only using solar energy. Therefore, the system is highly suitable to be implemented in remote arid and coastal areas without infrastructures or connection to the grid (water and power), but blessed with abundant solar irradiation, like in Saudi Arabia. A Memsys Vacuum Multi-Effect Membrane Distillation (V-MEMD) unit was used as the core of the SPD system. A heat pump was also integrated into the SPD system for energy recovery and to improve the performance of the system. The system could be considered as sustainable and "green" desalination technology, which will be very useful for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To study the performance of the system, small-scale tests have been carried out at the Engineering College -King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Based on the experimental results, the system has run successfully by only utilizing solar energy.

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Section: The Spd System Configurationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…seawater, brackish water) during operation of the SPD system. The more details of the SPD system could be found in our previous work [1,6].…”

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“…Vapour compression technology (VCD) is used for small-scale applications [7]. These desalination methods have the disadvantages of high energy consumption and high operating costs [8].…”

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Integration of Parabolic Solar Thermal Collector with Direct Contact Membrane Distillation System for Seawater Desalination

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Design and fabrication of a portable and hybrid solar-powered membrane distillation system

Cited by 95 publications

References 28 publications

Innovative Design of Solar-Powered Desalination (SPD) System using Vacuum-Multi Effect Membrane Distillation (V-MEMD) Process

Innovative Design of Solar-Powered Desalination (SPD) System using Vacuum-Multi Effect Membrane Distillation (V-MEMD) Process

Indirect contact freeze water desalination for an ice maker machine – CFD simulation

Integration of Parabolic Solar Thermal Collector with Direct Contact Membrane Distillation System for Seawater Desalination

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