Innovative thermal distillation method using solar heat localization

Divya Jaladi; Ehsan M. Languri; Kashif Nawaz; Glenn Cunningham

doi:10.1615/TFEC2018.ewf.024441

Innovative thermal distillation method using solar heat localization

Divya Jaladi, Ehsan M. Languri, Kashif Nawaz, Glenn Cunningham

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Abstract

The thermal distillation uses energy to evaporate water and subsequently condense the vapor to liquid form. Waste energy from industrial processes, electricity, or solar energy are the examples of an input energy for thermal distillation systems. In this paper, we have designed, fabricated, and tested an eco-friendly and low-cost distillation system which uses solar heat localization for evaporation of water and later condense the vapor back to liquid as liquid water. The unique feature of this method is the high rate of evaporation when compared to other thermal solar distillation/desalination systems. In this method, the incoming heat is confined to the porous media where bottom layer acts a porous insulator. The capillary force in the porous structure pumps up the liquid water to the hot surface, within the porous medium, where liquid heats up and changes to vapor phase. Since there is no moving part in this method, and due to its independency to electricity, it a great candidate for deployment in remote areas that access to grid power is limited and maintenance is not feasible.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, TFESC 2018
Publisher	Begell House Inc.
Pages	733-737
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781567004724
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1615/TFEC2018.ewf.024441
State	Published - 2018
Event	3rd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, TFESC 2018 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: Mar 4 2018 → Mar 7 2018

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference
Volume	2018-March
ISSN (Electronic)	2379-1748

Conference

Conference	3rd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, TFESC 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	03/4/18 → 03/7/18

Funding

Authors appreciate the support from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Center for Energy Systems Research, and Industrial Assessment Center at Tennessee Tech University. The authors are gratefully acknowledging the financial support for this work by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51606050), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016M591527), and Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund (LBH-Z16057).

Keywords

Condensation
Desalination
Evaporation
Solar Energy

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Jaladi, D., Languri, E. M., Nawaz, K., & Cunningham, G. (2018). Innovative thermal distillation method using solar heat localization. In Proceedings of the 3rd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, TFESC 2018 (pp. 733-737). (Proceedings of the Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference; Vol. 2018-March). Begell House Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1615/TFEC2018.ewf.024441

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Jaladi, D, Languri, EM, Nawaz, K & Cunningham, G 2018, Innovative thermal distillation method using solar heat localization. in Proceedings of the 3rd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, TFESC 2018. Proceedings of the Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, vol. 2018-March, Begell House Inc., pp. 733-737, 3rd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, TFESC 2018, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 03/4/18. https://doi.org/10.1615/TFEC2018.ewf.024441

Innovative thermal distillation method using solar heat localization. / Jaladi, Divya; Languri, Ehsan M.; Nawaz, Kashif et al.
Proceedings of the 3rd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference, TFESC 2018. Begell House Inc., 2018. p. 733-737 (Proceedings of the Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference; Vol. 2018-March).

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