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Heat pump seawater distillation system using passive vacuum generation system

Desalination • 2016
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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