Design study of the coupling of an air gap membrane distillation unit to an air conditioner

摘要

This work presents the design of a membrane distillation (MD) unit coupled to a refrigeration device. The operation of an MD pilot plant is first tested then simulated using EES solver. The range of hot water feed temperature provided by the condenser of the refrigeration device may vary from 25 to 65 degrees C as needed by the MD unit. The results of the experimental study enable to validate a 1D theoretical model with a maximum deviation of +/- 6%. This model is combined to a heat pump model to simulate the operation of a coupled machine.