A refrigerator-heat-pump desalination scheme for fresh-water and salt recovery

M. Reali

Energy, 1984, vol. 9, issue 7, 583-588

Abstract: This study concerns a refrigerator-heat-pump desalination scheme (RHPDS), which allows energy-efficient recovery of fresh water and salt from the sea. In this scheme, a salt-water chamber is continuously refilled with sea water via atmospheric pressure. Sea water is evaporated into a vacuum chamber and the water vapor is condensed on top of a fresh-water chamber. A refrigerator-heat-pump circuit maintains the two water chambers at suitably different operating temperatures and allows efficient recovery of the latent heat of condensation. The scheme is analyzed with special consideration to potential exploitation of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(84)90065-3

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