A second law analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination plant is carried out using reliable seawater exergy formulation instead of a common model in literature that represents seawater as an ideal mixture of liquid water and solid sodium chloride. The analysis is performed using reverse osmosis...

The specific thermal energy consumed by steam driven thermal desalination systems can be decreased significantly by reducing the total entropy rate of steam used per unit mass of distilled water produced in the system. This specific entropy rate can be reduced by using a high pressure, saturated...

Given simultaneous heat and mass transfer and a multiplicity of possible temperature and flow configurations, the optimization of humidification-dehumidification desalination systems is complex. In literature, this optimization has been tackled by considering moist air to follow the saturation...

World-wide water scarcity, especially in the developing world, indicates a pressing need to develop inexpensive, decentralized small-scale desalination technologies which use renewable resources of energy. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in one of the most...

In this study, exergy analysis of a novel desalination system is presented and discussed. The water desalination is carried out using combined humidification–dehumidification and reverse osmosis technologies. Six system performance parameters are examined: overall exergetic efficiency,...