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ISSN Online: 2379-1748

8th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)
March, 26-29, 2023, College Park, MD, USA

An experimental study on a novel direct contact freeze-desalination unit

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DOI: 10.1615/TFEC2023.exp.046345

摘要

One of the desalination methods that consumes less energy compared to traditional water treatment is freeze desalination (FD). In this study, an experimental setup is constructed to conduct a direct contact brine crystallization to accomplish freeze-desalination. The direct contact brine injection improves the heat transfer between the cold medium and the brine. The cold medium is a silicone oil that is immiscible with water, non-toxic, has low viscosity, and has a freezing temperature of -70 °C. A theoretical study of the ice production rate for multiple cooling medium temperature is conducted. A feasibility study alongside the evaluation of various parameters effects on the ice recovery ratio and salinity of the produced ice is performed. Furthermore, a novel washing method has been presented to separate the remained highly concentrated brine and produced ice by centrifugal force. The produced ice is spun inside a spinning device, and the highly concentrated brine attached to the ice crystals is rejected and drained from the permeable walls of the spinning device. The remained ice is washed with fresh water using a pressure sprayer, and another spinning stage is performed to achieve low salinity ice. The effect of the first and second spinning times on the ice recovery ratio and its salinity is studied. High salinity brine of 70000 ppm has been introduced to the experimental setup, and more than 95% of the salt is removed with an ice recovery of 40%.