Abstract
Present work characterizes a spray tower-based desalination system, designed to simultaneously provide fresh water by condensation and supply dehumidified air to occupied spaces. Its configuration is open air-open water, with Celdek 7090 packing in the humidification section and water-cooled helical coils for dehumidification. The performance parameters calculated are: gained output ratio, recovery ratio, coefficient of performance, specific electrical energy consumption, mass ratio, humidification, and dehumidification efficiency. This performance is analyzed for varying air Reynold's number and water flow rate. The best results were obtained for the sea water flow rate tested of 18 liters per hour, and showed maximum humidification efficiency, dehumidification efficiency, COP, freshwater rate, gained output ratio and concentration factor equal to 87.14%, 94.56%, 3.34, 0.9 liters per hour and 1.05, respectively. Exit air meets the thermal comfort requirements which avoids the ventilation thermal loads in the space cooling.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 122-135 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Process Safety and Environmental Protection |
| Volume | 180 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 12-2023 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
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