Performance Analysis and Numerical Simulation of a Solar-Powered Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH) Desalination System under Tripoli Climate Conditions
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https://doi.org/10.65405/ebymgv45الكلمات المفتاحية:
Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH), Solar Desalination, Renewable Energy, Numerical Simulation, Heat and Mass Transferالملخص
Freshwater scarcity is an growing problem, especially in faraway, dry and rural places where large-scale multi-stage flash (MSF) or reverse osmosis (RO) desalination methods are not affordable, expensive and need special technical help, This detailed research study looks at, Improves the performance of a solar-powered desalination plant that uses the Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH) closed-air open-water method, The HDH process is known for being simple to run easy to design using low-grade heat and good for small-scale uses The math, numerical model includes basic rules of mass, movement and energy fluid mechanics, psychrometric rules and heat and mass transfer in all parts, A lot of computer simulations were done in the summer weather in Tripoli, Libya using weather data from the Solar Energy Research Center in Tajoura, The computer results show that the amount of water made each day by the solar HDH system is reliably between 10 and 12 kg per day when the system is running best.
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