A vortex-type solar updraft power-desalination integrated system

Zuo, Lu; Qu, Ningsong; Ding, Lei; Dai, Pengzhan; Liu, Zihan; Xu, Bo; Yuan, Yue

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113216

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“…Results indicated that the water yield was 23.26L/day, while the anticipated cost per cubic meter is around 18.34USD/m 3 . Zuo et al [56] examined a coupling between solar chimney and turbine to generate electric power using a computational analysis based on vortex theory. The suggested system can produce around 7.92136 ton/h of distillate water hourly.…”

Section: Hybrid Desalination With Concentrated Solar Powermentioning

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Recent Developments of Solar Stills and Humidification De-humidification Desalination Systems: A Review

Abdelaziz

El‐Said

Dahab

et al. 2021

Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering

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Section: Hybrid Desalination With Concentrated Solar Powermentioning

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Recent Developments of Solar Stills and Humidification De-humidification Desalination Systems: A Review

Abdelaziz

El‐Said

Dahab

et al. 2021

Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering

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“…Mohiuddin and Uzgoren [18] presented a CFD study for another solar vortex power generation system to study the effect of the guide vane design parameters on the system's performance. Finally, Zuo et al [19] presented a simulation for the idea of a solar vortex power desalination system. They only studied the system's potential for seawater desalination without actually considering the water in the simulation.…”

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Humidity Effect on the Simulation Accuracy of Solar Vortex Engine Performance

Tukkee

Al-Kayiem

Gilani

2021

J. Solar Eneg. Res. Updat.

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In this study, a validated computational simulation is presented to investigate the effect of humidity on the performance prediction of the solar vortex engine system. Data from an experimental model are used to validate the CFD simulation. Three humidity cases are considered: dry air, 40% and 80% humid air. An expansion process with heat addition is taking place inside the vortex generator. When the vortex field continues outside the system, a compression process with heat rejection occurs, eventually bringing the air vortex to be thermal and mechanical equilibrium with the surrounding atmosphere. The change in total energy and the heat transfer rate for both processes, inside the vortex generator and outside the vortex generator, increase with increased humidity in the working fluid. The humidity increases the energy required by the system to generate and maintain the air vortex. Compared to the dry air, the pressure drop at the center of the vortex field decreases by (2-5%) and (4-9%) for the 40% and 80% humid air, respectively. Reduced pressure drop decreases the stability of the air vortex when it is in contact with the atmosphere. The intensity of the air vortex is not affected by the increase in humidity.

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“…5. The atmospheric vortex engine, (a) The prototype (http://vortexengine.ca), and (b) its simulation result(Zuo et al, 2020).…”

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