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Performance Improvement Of Thermal-Driven Membrane-Based Solar Desalination Systems Using Nanofluid In The Feed Stream, Abdellah Shafieian, Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Mehdi Khiadani, Tushar Kanti Sen
Performance Improvement Of Thermal-Driven Membrane-Based Solar Desalination Systems Using Nanofluid In The Feed Stream, Abdellah Shafieian, Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Mehdi Khiadani, Tushar Kanti Sen
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Different techniques have been proposed so far to improve the performance of thermal-driven membrane modules applied in solar desalination systems. These techniques have increased the freshwater productivity of the system but at the cost of its increased overall specific energy requirement. Due to this major drawback, the main objective of this study is to implement nanofluid in the feed stream of a heat pipe solar membrane-based desalination system, which not only aims to improve the freshwater productivity of the system, but also has the capability of decreasing its specific energy requirement. Synthetic seawater (with the salinity of 3.5%) was generated …
Enhancing Heat Pipe Solar Water Heating Systems Performance Using A Novel Variable Mass Flow Rate Technique And Different Solar Working Fluids, Abdellah Shafieian, Junaid Jaffer Osman, Mehdi Khiadani, Ataollah Nosrati
Enhancing Heat Pipe Solar Water Heating Systems Performance Using A Novel Variable Mass Flow Rate Technique And Different Solar Working Fluids, Abdellah Shafieian, Junaid Jaffer Osman, Mehdi Khiadani, Ataollah Nosrati
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
This paper aims to improve the overall efficiency of heat pipe solar water heating (HPSWH) systems by implementing a novel variable mass flow rate technique which regulates the solar working fluid mass flow rate of the system with the solar radiation intensity. To analyse the system under real operational conditions, the residential hot water consumption pattern of Perth residents in Western Australia was used in the experiments. In addition, a nanofluid (Al2O3/DI) was fabricated and its performance as the solar working fluid was investigated to find the optimum concentration and to confirm its stability and thermo-physical …