Journal of Advanced Informatics in Water, Soil, and Structure

Journal of Advanced Informatics in Water, Soil, and Structure

Numerical Analysis of a Solar Desalination System With Porous Separator Blades

Document Type : Research Article

Author
Ali Heydari
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Torbat Heydarieh, Torbat Heydarieh, Iran.
10.22048/wss.2024.440548.1009
Abstract
Today, the scarcity of freshwater resources worldwide and the increasing human demand for water have prompted experts to explore various ways to meet their water needs. One of these methods is the production of water by desalination. On the other hand, the existence of the oil crisis and fossil fuels in the world requires other methods to supply energy to conventional desalination devices that receive energy from fossil fuels. One of the most efficient methods for studying and developing large-scale desalination systems is the use of renewable energies. Therefore, improving their performance can be considered. For this purpose, by placing the blades in the chamber, it directs and controls the vortices created by natural convection and the distillation rate increases. In this study, a solar desalination system with porous separator blades was investigated using computational fluid dynamics in a porous medium, and the output water production, porosity percentage, and effective thermos-physical parameters were studied. The results showed that the porosity of the blades generally decreases the Nusselt number and water production. Also, the increase in porosity intensifies this phenomenon.
Keywords
Solar desalination system
natural convection
computational fluid dynamics
porous medium
desalination rate

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Journal of Advanced Informatics in Water, Soil, and Structure
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
January 2025
Pages 115-125

  • Receive Date 31 January 2024
  • Revise Date 26 September 2024
  • Accept Date 13 October 2024
  • First Publish Date 01 January 2025
  • Publish Date 01 January 2025