Thermodynamic, economic analysis and optimization of a heat pump driven desalination system with open-air humidification dehumidification configurations

W.F. He, J.J. Chen, M.R. Zhen and D. Han

Energy, 2019, vol. 174, issue C, 768-778

Abstract: In this paper, the heat pump is coupled to a humidification dehumidification desalination system, with open-air configurations, to enhance the energy conversion efficiency. After establishing the energetic and entropic equations for all the thermal processes, the correlations between the desalination performance and the critical parameters, including the compression pressure ratio, pinch temperature difference of the condenser, terminal temperature difference of the evaporator, are revealed. Afterwards, the mass flow rate ratio and effectiveness during humidification and dehumidification are treated as the decision variables to optimize the energy conversion efficiency of the heat pump driven desalination system. The simulation results show that the actual top water production and gained-output-ratio of the desalination system reach 88.34 kgh−1 and 3.72 at the balance condition of the humidifier. It is also obtained that raising the compression pressure ratio and reducing the pinch temperature difference of the condenser and terminal temperature difference of the evaporator, can promote the desalination performance. Furthermore, based on the particle swarm optimization algorithm, the best desalination performance, with 151.03 kgh−1 for the water production, and 5.95 for the gained-output-ratio, is optimized within the prescribed range of the decision variables, while the corresponding cost of produced water arrives at 0.015$L−1 through the economic analysis.

Keywords: Heat pump; Humidification dehumidification desalination system; Energy conversion efficiency; Critical parameters; Particle swarm optimization algorithm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.03.005

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