17.12.2012 Views

Membrane and Desalination Technologies - TCE Moodle Website

Membrane and Desalination Technologies - TCE Moodle Website

Membrane and Desalination Technologies - TCE Moodle Website

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Adsorption <strong>Desalination</strong>: A Novel Method 423<br />

SDWP [kg of water/kg-silica gel]<br />

10.0<br />

8.0<br />

6.0<br />

4.0<br />

2.0<br />

SDWP<br />

PR<br />

0.0<br />

60 65 70 75 80 85<br />

0.40<br />

90<br />

Hot Water Inlet Temperature [°C]<br />

Fig. 9.20. Effects of the hot water inlet temperatures on the system performance (44).<br />

SDWP [kg of water/kg-silica gel]<br />

9.0<br />

8.0<br />

7.0<br />

6.0<br />

5.0<br />

4.0<br />

3.0<br />

2.0<br />

1.0<br />

0.0<br />

Without Heat Exchange<br />

With Heat Exchange<br />

water inlet temperature. Due to the limitation of the used heat exchanger capacity, the<br />

improvement in the SDWP is slightly low.<br />

5.2. Adsorption <strong>Desalination</strong> Plant with Mass Recovery<br />

A practical <strong>and</strong> yet simple scheme that has been demonstrated in the prototype of a fourbed<br />

adsorption desalination plant is the mass recovery by using a pressure equalization (PE)<br />

0.70<br />

0.65<br />

0.60<br />

0.55<br />

0.50<br />

0.45<br />

14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32<br />

Chilled Water Inlet Temperature [°C]<br />

Fig. 9.21. Effects of the chilled water inlet temperatures on the system performance (44).<br />

Performance Ratio [–]

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!