Heat pump seawater distillation system using passive vacuum generation system
Desalination • 2016
Publication Information
Authors
Ahmed A.A. Attia
Keywords
Desalination
Seawater distillation
Heat pump
Thermal desalination
Passive vacuum
Journal
Desalination
Publisher
Elsvier
Volume
379
Issue
Not Available
Pages
151-165
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
Not Available
Abstract
The passive system that generate vacuum is a reliable systems and could allow heat pumps that uses traditional
refrigerant to be used in seawater distillation process. This could be done by reducing the saturation temperature
of seawater to be matched with the operating temperature ranges of these refrigerants. A proposed system uses
heat pump for seawater evaporation and condensation. The suggested system is suitable for remote areas and
could be designed and installed in the various sizes. Also the compressor could be run with solar PV panels.
The followings are a detailed description of systemwith thermal analysis and energy consumption. It also represents
an energy comparison of the proposed systemwith the other desalination methods. The comparison shows
that the system gives promising competitive energy consumption
refrigerant to be used in seawater distillation process. This could be done by reducing the saturation temperature
of seawater to be matched with the operating temperature ranges of these refrigerants. A proposed system uses
heat pump for seawater evaporation and condensation. The suggested system is suitable for remote areas and
could be designed and installed in the various sizes. Also the compressor could be run with solar PV panels.
The followings are a detailed description of systemwith thermal analysis and energy consumption. It also represents
an energy comparison of the proposed systemwith the other desalination methods. The comparison shows
that the system gives promising competitive energy consumption
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