A Review Study of Experimental and Theoretical Humidification Dehumidification Solar Desalination Technology ()
Affiliation(s)
1Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
2Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Egaila, Kuwait.
3Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
ABSTRACT
Most of the desalination technologies consume a huge quantity of energy resulting from petroleum products in the form of heat or electrical energy. Solar desalination is a promisingly sustainable freshwater production technology. Solar desalination humidification dehumidification process showed the best approach as it is of the highest overall energy efficiency. In this review paper, a detailed study of the previous work is performed on solar humidification dehumidification desalination techniques experimentally and theoretically. Also in this review, different types of HDH systems were mentioned. The review showed that the humidification dehumidification desalination systems are suitable for decentralized demand. On the other hand, capacity of HDH units is not as large as conventional methods or small as solar stills. Finally, this study threw light on the scope of the parameters which have a considerable influence on increasing the freshwater output of the HDH systems as feed water flow rate, air flow rate, and design of the evaporator, condenser, and packing material. A brief economical study and a comparison of the costs per liter are performed for various humidification dehumidification desalination systems presented in this study.
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Dawood, M. , Amer, A. , Mansour, T. , Teamah, M. and Aref, A. (2020) A Review Study of Experimental and Theoretical Humidification Dehumidification Solar Desalination Technology.
Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering,
9, 48-74. doi:
10.4236/cweee.2020.93005.