Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant

This paper presents a numerical simulation of the water vapor flow in an MSF flash chamber along with the pressure drop across the demister. The demister is a simple porous blanket of metal wires mesh (usually made of stainless steel wires) which retains liquid droplets entrained by the vapor moment...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Janajreh, Isam (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Hasania, Ashraf (author), Fath, Hassan (author)
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Hasania, Ashraf
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Janajreh, Isam, Ashraf Hasania, and Hassan FATH. "Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant." Energy Conversion and Management, ECM, ISSN 0196-8904 65 (2012): 793-800
0196-8904
http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8651
10.1016/j.enconman.2012.03.011
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pressure drop
CFD
Flashing chamber
Desalination
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description This paper presents a numerical simulation of the water vapor flow in an MSF flash chamber along with the pressure drop across the demister. The demister is a simple porous blanket of metal wires mesh (usually made of stainless steel wires) which retains liquid droplets entrained by the vapor momentum to enhance the quality of the product water. Two main areas of concern in wire mesh mist eliminators are; (i) the pressure drop and (ii) the mist removal efficiency. The present simulation focuses only on the pressure drop across the demister. The simulation is carried out considering a full scale flashing chamber of a typical operational MSF desalination plant and of a real industrial demister dimensions. The study simulates the demister as porous media flow. It takes into account the vapor velocity, the dimension of the demister, its porosity and wire thickness. The obtained pressure drop was found to be within a reasonable agreement with the published literature data and it follows a trend compatible with Ergun’s equation as well as the empirical correlation of Svendsen.
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spelling Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination PlantJanajreh, IsamHasania, AshrafFath, HassanPressure dropCFDFlashing chamberDesalinationThis paper presents a numerical simulation of the water vapor flow in an MSF flash chamber along with the pressure drop across the demister. The demister is a simple porous blanket of metal wires mesh (usually made of stainless steel wires) which retains liquid droplets entrained by the vapor momentum to enhance the quality of the product water. Two main areas of concern in wire mesh mist eliminators are; (i) the pressure drop and (ii) the mist removal efficiency. The present simulation focuses only on the pressure drop across the demister. The simulation is carried out considering a full scale flashing chamber of a typical operational MSF desalination plant and of a real industrial demister dimensions. The study simulates the demister as porous media flow. It takes into account the vapor velocity, the dimension of the demister, its porosity and wire thickness. The obtained pressure drop was found to be within a reasonable agreement with the published literature data and it follows a trend compatible with Ergun’s equation as well as the empirical correlation of Svendsen.Elsevier2016-11-09T05:07:49Z2016-11-09T05:07:49Z2012-03info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfJanajreh, Isam, Ashraf Hasania, and Hassan FATH. "Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant." Energy Conversion and Management, ECM, ISSN 0196-8904 65 (2012): 793-8000196-8904http://hdl.handle.net/11073/865110.1016/j.enconman.2012.03.011en_USEnergy Conversion and Managementhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2012.03.011oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/86512024-08-22T12:18:28Z
spellingShingle Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
Janajreh, Isam
Pressure drop
CFD
Flashing chamber
Desalination
status_str publishedVersion
title Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
title_full Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
title_fullStr Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
title_short Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
title_sort Numerical Simulation of Vapor Flow and Pressure Drop across the Demister of MSF Desalination Plant
topic Pressure drop
CFD
Flashing chamber
Desalination
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8651