Conference paper
A novel passive condenser for small-scale water desalination
Australian Water Association
Ozwater'13 (Perth, Western Australia, 07/05/2013–09/05/2013)
2013
Abstract
This paper reports on the development and experimental evaluation of a bubble column – passive condenser system as a method for small-scale brackish water or seawater desalination. Particular focus is on the novel condenser prototype. A long narrow condenser of 10cm width and 150cm length demonstrates the best results. In the winter season under favourable ambient conditions, distillate recovery rates of 73% are commonly achieved. Sodium chloride salt removal is found to be highly effective with distillate salt concentrations between 69μS and 101μS. The condenser prototype presented here provides a building block towards the development of a novel bubble column – greenhouse desalination system.
Details
- Title
- A novel passive condenser for small-scale water desalination
- Authors/Creators
- M. Schmack (Author/Creator)G. Ho (Author/Creator)M. Anda (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- Ozwater'13 (Perth, Western Australia, 07/05/2013–09/05/2013)
- Publisher
- Australian Water Association
- Identifiers
- 991005540114107891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Note
- Australia's international water conference and trade exhibition
Metrics
204 File views/ downloads
155 Record Views