Thermodynamic analysis of an adsorption-based desalination cycle

Jun W. Wu; Mark J. Biggs; Eric J. Hu

doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2010.04.004

Thermodynamic analysis of an adsorption-based desalination cycle

Jun W. Wu, Mark J. Biggs, Eric J. Hu^*

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Abstract

Adsorption-based desalination (AD) is attracting increasing attention because of its ability to co-generate double-distilled fresh water and cooling. In this paper, a thermodynamic model has been developed in order to study the factors that influence the fresh water production rate (FWPR) and energy consumption of an adsorption-based desalination system. Water adsorption on the silica gel adsorbent is modelled using a Langmuir isotherm and the factors studied are the silica gel adsorption equilibrium constant and the temperatures of the hot and cooling water which supply and extract heat from the silica gel respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1541-1547
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemical Engineering Research and Design
Volume	88
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2010.04.004
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Adsorption chiller
Adsorption desalination
Isotherms
Silica gel-water

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General Chemical Engineering

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