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Experimental Study on Thermal Performance of Palte-type Fresh Water Generator for applying Solar Energy Desalination System  

Kim, Jeong-Bae (Solar Thermal Research Center, KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research))
Kwak, Hee-Youl (Solar Thermal Research Center, KIER)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.27, no.4, 2007 , pp. 35-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
To demonstrate the desalination system, the demo-plant was scheduled to be installed. The system was planned to use solar thermal collector as heat source and PV as electricity source. For the design of the desalination demonstration system, firstly the solar thermal system would be well designed from the result between the supplied heat into the fresh water generator and the fresh water yield. The generator for demonstration system was chosen as the fresh water generator of the single stage and effect with plate-type heat exchanger using low pressure evaporation method. The test facility for the tests to reveal the relationship between the fresh water yield and the supplied heat flow rate was designed and manufactured. The maximum fresh water yield of two fresh water generators applied in this study was designed as 1.5 Ton/day. The parameters relating with the performance of fresh water generator are known as sea water inlet temperature, hot water inlet temperature, and hot water flow rate. Through the experiments, this study firstly showed detail operation characteristics of the generator and designed the solar thermal system for the demonstration system.
Keywords
Solar energy; Evacuated tubular solar collector; Sea water desalination; Plate type fresh water generator;
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