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ArticleMembranes2024

Experimental Investigation on the Energy and Exergy Efficiency of the Vacuum Membrane Distillation System with Its Various Configurations.

Abdullah Najib, Turki Mana, Emad Ali, Hany Al-Ansary, Fahad Awjah Almehmadi, Mansour Alhoshan

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Article in Membranes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Abdullah NajibMechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Turki ManaChemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2997-6010
Emad AliChemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Hany Al-AnsaryMechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad Awjah AlmehmadiDepartment of Applied Mechanical Engineering, College of Applied Engineering, Muzahimiyah Branch, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4783-8348
Mansour AlhoshanChemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

Researchers Supporting Project (RSP), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RSP2024R515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper addresses a retrofitting vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) setup to reduce the accumulated pressure inside the permeated side. This modification is necessary to extend the operation of the VMD to extreme operation conditions of higher hot water temperatures. This modification, denoted as a hybrid configuration, proposes the injection of a cold water stream into the VMD cell without mixing it with the permeate. Energy and exergy efficiency analyses were performed to assess the effectiveness of the hybrid configuration. The performance of the modified system indicated an improvement in terms of permeate flux (J), the gain output ratio (GOR), and the utilitarian exergetic efficiency (η

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exergy destruction percentagehybrid configurationperformance indicatorsvacuum membrane distillationvacuum pressure

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PMID38392681
PMCPMC10890068

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