Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8076847 | Energy | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
A desalination system consumes energy for production of freshwater. Since the solar energy is a low-cost, environmentally clean, and available energy throughout the world, it could be the best source of energy for such systems. In this work, a modified desalination system is presented which uses advantages of thermosyphon heat pipes as a fast and high performance thermal conducting device, and at the same time, employs the advantages of evacuated tube collectors (ETCs) which are flexible and have high performance in adverse weather conditions. Results show considerable increase in the production rate of desalinated water and system efficiency with a maximum production rate of 1.02Â kg/(m2Â h) and maximum efficiency of 22.9%. Furthermore, the optimum water depth in the basin is measured to be 2Â cm, which is the same as the length of the heat-pipe's condenser section in the basin.
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Authors
S. Jahangiri Mamouri, H. Gholami Derami, M. Ghiasi, M.B. Shafii, Z. Shiee,