Evaluation of the Capabilities of the Vertical Tube Evaporator and the Multistage Flash Distillation Desalination Processes.

摘要

A contract was awarded to determine,compare and evaluate the relative thermodynamic and engineering characteristics and economics of the Vertical Tube Evaporator (VTE) and the Multistage Flash (MSF) processes. The contract included a determination and assesment of the relative reliability,maintainability,and potentials of the two types of plants. The evaluation is made on both large and small plants of each process. The designs were reviewed and altered where necessary to make the process and engineering design bases the same for each plant. Capital costs and operating costs were determined.