Effect of module inclination angle on air gap membrane distillation

Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Warsinger, David E M ^a   Swaminathan, Jaichander ^a   Lienhard, John H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

AGMD; Condensation; Desalination; Mass transfer; Membrane distillation; Thermal efficiency; Tilt angle

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

AGMD; AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TILT ANGLE; TRANSPORT RESISTANCE;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 85088744726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1615/ihtc15.mtr.009351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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