Experimental evaluation of an autonomous low-temperature solar Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination [An article from: Desalination]

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Experimental evaluation of an autonomous low-temperature solar Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination [An article from: Desalination]
enlarge	Authors: D. Manolakos, G. Papadakis, S. Kyritsis, Bouzianas Publisher: Elsevier Category: Book Buy New: $10.95 Format: Html Media: Digital Pages: 8 ASIN: B000PDSTFU Publication Date: February 5, 2007 Availability: Available for download now Tell A Friend Add to Wishlist Add to Wedding Registry Add to Baby Registry


Editorial Reviews: Product Description This digital document is a journal article from Desalination, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: The present paper regards the experimental evaluation of the performance under laboratory conditions, of a low-temperature solar organic Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis (RO) desalination. The operation principle of the system is given briefly below. Thermal energy produced by a solar collectors' array evaporates the refrigerant (HFC-134a) in the evaporator surface of Rankine engine. The super-heated vapour is driven to the expander where the generated mechanical work produced from expansion drives the RO unit high-pressure pump. The vapour at the expander's outlet is directed to the condenser and condensates. The saturated liquid at the condenser outlet is then pressurised using a piston-diaphragm pump and the thermodynamic cycle is repeated. The design of the system has already been done and presented in [1]. For manufacturing the prototype system, the design results have been used. In this paper the experimental results derived from the laboratory tests are illustrated. The next research step is the evaluation of the system performance on site, under real climatic conditions. The main difference of the above two experimental cases is that in laboratory tests the thermal energy source used is an electric heater of 100 kW, capable to operate at partial thermal load, which substitutes and simulates the behaviour of solar collectors.

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