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Experimental and numerical evaluation of a humidification dehumidification desalination unit driven by solar energy
AIP conference proceedings, Vol.2033(1), pp.1-9
SolarPACES 2017: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (Santiago, Chile, 26/09/2017 - 29/09/2017)
08/11/2018
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Abstract
This research presents the experimental and numerical results of a humidification dehumidification (HDH) unit driven by solar energy. The HDH unit is based in a CAOW water-heated configuration. The water is heated using solar thermal flat collectors. The desalination unit is located in the Renewable Energy Laboratory (LER) of the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria (33°02’22.4“S 71°29’09.1”W) in Chile. The first section of the study is focused in the design of the solar HDH unit. The experimental facility has been instrumented and several operation parameters may be measured. Also, several variables may be adjusted to attempt finding an optimal performance. The modeling of the HDH unit is reviewed in the second section. The numerical model has been developed using Engineering Equation Solver (EES). The performance of the HDH unit is evaluated using mass and energy balances, and mass and heat transfer equations. Three loops are studied: water, air, and solar collector loop.
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- Title
- Experimental and numerical evaluation of a humidification dehumidification desalination unit driven by solar energy
- Creators
- Catalina Hernández - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaMauricio Reyes - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaRodrigo Barraza - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaUdo Rheinschmidt - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaDavid Saldivia - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaRicardo Vasquez-Padilla - School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- Rodrigo Mancilla (Editor) - Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO)Christoph Richter (Editor) - SolarPACES c/o Solarway SLNE
- Publication Details
- AIP conference proceedings, Vol.2033(1), pp.1-9
- Conference
- SolarPACES 2017: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (Santiago, Chile, 26/09/2017 - 29/09/2017)
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- This research has been funded by the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, internal project USM 2016 number 116.25.2. Also, the authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Solar Energy Research Center, SERC Chile (CONICYT/15110019).
- Identifiers
- 991012927062102368
- Copyright
- © 2018 Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- Engineering; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding