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Exploitation of solar energy collected by solar stills for desalination by membrane distillation

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  • Banat, F
  • Jumah, R
  • Garaibeh, M

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The aim of this work was to evaluate the technical feasibility of producing potable water from simulated seawater by integrating a membrane distillation module with a solar still. The relatively hot brine in the solar still was used as a feed to the membrane module. The synergistic action of the solar still and the membrane module in the production of potable water was quantified. For this purpose, two types of experiment were conducted, indoor experiments and outdoor experiments. The sensitivity of the permeate flux to the brine temperature, flow rate, salt concentration and solar irradiation were all investigated. Overall, the flux of water from the solar still was no more than 20% of the total flux. The brine temperature significantly affected the flux of both the solar still and the membrane module, while the effect of salt concentration was marginal. The effect of these process parameters was more noticeable in the membrane module than in the solar still.

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  • Banat, F & Jumah, R & Garaibeh, M, 2002. "Exploitation of solar energy collected by solar stills for desalination by membrane distillation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 293-305.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:25:y:2002:i:2:p:293-305
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(01)00058-1
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    1. Banat, Fawzi A. & El-Sayed, Salah E. & El-Temtamy, Seham A., 1994. "A transient model of a laboratory-scale carnalite salt gradient solar pond," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 4(8), pages 927-932.
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    1. Ghaffour, N. & Soukane, S. & Lee, J.-G. & Kim, Y. & Alpatova, A., 2019. "Membrane distillation hybrids for water production and energy efficiency enhancement: A critical review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(C).
    2. González, Daniel & Amigo, José & Suárez, Francisco, 2017. "Membrane distillation: Perspectives for sustainable and improved desalination," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 238-259.
    3. Enrico Drioli & Francesca Macedonio, 2018. "Membrane-Assisted Condenser," Clean Technol., MDPI, vol. 1(1), pages 1-7, April.
    4. Elminshawy, Nabil A.S. & Gadalla, Mamdouh A. & Bassyouni, M. & El-Nahhas, Kamal & Elminshawy, Ahmed & Elhenawy, Y., 2020. "A novel concentrated photovoltaic-driven membrane distillation hybrid system for the simultaneous production of electricity and potable water," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 802-817.
    5. Li, Chennan & Goswami, Yogi & Stefanakos, Elias, 2013. "Solar assisted sea water desalination: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 19(C), pages 136-163.
    6. Sharon, H. & Reddy, K.S., 2015. "A review of solar energy driven desalination technologies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 1080-1118.
    7. K Zarzoum & M M Alquraish & K Zhani & H Ben Bacha, 2023. "Experimental validation of membrane distillation unit coupled with direct contact membrane using solar energy," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 18, pages 542-553.
    8. Ali, Aamer & Tufa, Ramato Ashu & Macedonio, Francesca & Curcio, Efrem & Drioli, Enrico, 2018. "Membrane technology in renewable-energy-driven desalination," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 81(P1), pages 1-21.

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