JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 207 - 220
(February 2019) http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/HM016010207 |
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IMPROVED DESALINATED WATER THROUGHPUT USING ENHANCED TUBES IN MULTI-STAGE FLASH DESALINATION SYSTEMS
Ahmed Kalendar, Sayed Karar and Abdulrahim Kalendar
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Abstract: The multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination systems are the most adapted for use in desalting sea waters. In this study, the amount of fresh water produced from an MSF system is improved through utilizing enhanced tubes as opposed to smooth tubes in the desalination process. An actual industrial desalination platform which accounted for condenser tubing and a single-phase flow of brine water in two distinguished tubes is employed in this work. The condensation phenomena are observed; a film-wise on the smooth tube, and a drop-wise on the corrugated tube. The effect of each phenomenon on its corresponding resultant accumulated water is examined, implicating the collected system’s properties. Topics covered thermal performance comparative analysis. The condensate water amounts out of the specified enhanced tube, under the experimental restrained conditions superior to that of the given smooth tube. |
Keywords and phrases: condenser, smooth tube, corrugated tube, film-wise, drop-wise, MSF system, desalination.
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