Design Enhancement of Eductor for Active Vapor Transport and Condensation during Two-Phase Single-Species Flow

Ravi Koirala, Quoc Linh Ve, Eliza Rupakheti, Kiao Inthavong and Abhijit Date ()
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Ravi Koirala: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia
Quoc Linh Ve: Faculty of Engineering and Food Technology, University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, Thua Thien Hue 530000, Vietnam
Eliza Rupakheti: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia
Kiao Inthavong: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia
Abhijit Date: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: This study is focused on enhancing secondary vapor entrainment and direct-contact condensation in a water jet eductor for the purpose of developing a compact, medium-scale desalination system. It encompasses an extended investigation of an eductor as a condenser, or heat exchanger, for the entrained phase. Exergy study, experimental measurement, and computational analysis are the primary methodologies employed in this work. The target parameters of the optimization work were set through exergetic analysis to identify the region of maximum exergy destruction. In the case of water and water vapor as primary and secondary fluids, mixing and condensation initiates in the mixing chamber of the eductor and is where the maximum exergy destruction was calculated. Therefore, multi-jet primary nozzle eductors were studied to determine the effect of increased interphase interaction area on the exergy destruction and the maximum suction and cooling capacities. Increases in the entrainment ratio, condensation rate and heat transfer coefficient were noted for increasing numbers of nozzles when comparing one-, two- and three-jet eductors.

Keywords: eductor; direct-contact condensation; interphase interaction; heat transfer coefficient; anergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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