Techno-Economic Analysis of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Governing Equations
2.2. Experimental Setup
2.3. Economic Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Experimental Results
3.2. Results of Economic Analysis
3.3. Full-Scale Plant Model
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Property | Specification |
---|---|
Material | PTFE |
Dimensions (Length × Width) | 250 mm × 200 mm |
Thickness | 165 µm |
Effective Area | 0.0336 m2 |
Porosity | 70–75% |
Pore size | 0.2 µm |
Parameters | Variation | Value |
---|---|---|
Concentration, M | C1 | 0.25 |
C2 | 0.5 | |
C3 | 0.75 | |
Pressure, kPa | P1 | 30 |
P2 | 20 | |
Velocity, m/s | V1 | 3.48 |
V2 | 5.22 | |
Temperature, K | T1 | 333 |
T2 | 343 | |
T3 | 353 |
Component | Cost ($) | |
---|---|---|
Capital Cost | Membrane | $36/m2 |
Feedwater Pump | 25 $ | |
Vacuum Pump | 26 $ | |
Installation cost of VMD | Installation Cost | 25% of Total Equipment Cost |
Instrumentation and Control Cost | 25% of Total Equipment Cost |
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Idrees, H.; Ali, S.; Sajid, M.; Rashid, M.; Khawaja, F.I.; Ali, Z.; Anwar, M.N. Techno-Economic Analysis of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination. Membranes 2023, 13, 339. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030339
Idrees H, Ali S, Sajid M, Rashid M, Khawaja FI, Ali Z, Anwar MN. Techno-Economic Analysis of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination. Membranes. 2023; 13(3):339. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030339
Chicago/Turabian StyleIdrees, Hassaan, Sara Ali, Muhammad Sajid, Muhammad Rashid, Fahad Iqbal Khawaja, Zaib Ali, and Muhammad Nabeel Anwar. 2023. "Techno-Economic Analysis of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination" Membranes 13, no. 3: 339. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030339