A new desalination system using a combination of heat pipe, evacuated tube and parabolic trough collector

作者：Mosleh H Jafari; Mamouri S Jahangiri; Shafii M B; Sima A Hakim

来源：Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 99: 141-150.

DOI：10.1016/j.enconman.2015.04.028

• Desalination
• Solar energy
• Parabolic trough collector
• Heat pipe
• Evacuated tube collector

The solar collectors have been commonly used in desalination systems. Recent investigations show that the use of a linear parabolic trough collector in solar stills can improve the efficiency of a desalination system. In this work, a combination of a heat pipe and a twin-glass evacuated tube collector is utilized with a parabolic trough collector. Results show that the rate of production and efficiency can reach to 0.27 kg/(m(2) h) and 22.1% when aluminum conducting foils are used in the space between the heat pipe and the twin-glass evacuated tube collector to transfer heat from the tube collector to the heat pipe. When oil is used as a medium for the transfer of heat, filling the space between heat pipe and twin-glass evacuated tube collector, the production and efficiency can increase to 0.933 kg/(m(2) h) and 65.2%, respectively.

• 出版日期2015-7-15