A Novel Water Desalination Technology Using A Pressure-Based Spray Evaporation Measurement Technique
Project Description:
PEOPLE'S CHOICE THIRD PLACE WINNER
An optimal hybrid process is proposed to treat highly-saline water with zero liquid discharge. The technology is modular, light-weight, highly portable, scalable, and can treat saline water with over 100,000 ppm total dissolved solids (TDS) with minimal specific thermal energy consumption. At 2000 m3/day a conservative estimate for levelized cost of water is $1.52/m3 (compared to $1.58/m3 national average retail price of water). As a part of this project, a novel evaporation model has been developed to characterize the evaporation profile along the spray flow path. The model's significance is the ability to quantify the spatial evaporation rate based only on the inlet conditions. That helps to effectively and efficiently design the heat exchanging processes.
This project presenter is available for live video chat on Sept. 1, 2020 from 1:00 - 2:45 p.m. PDT.
Project Type:
Student
Project Presenter(s):
Mohammed A. Elhashimi (abbaselm@oregonstate.edu)
Project Communication Piece(s):
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 water_desal_humid_streams.pdf | 1.02 MB |
Project ID:
2.2