Visualization of droplet condensation in membrane distillation desalination with surface modification: hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, and wicking spacers
Condensation performance is a key target for improving the energy efficiency of thermal desalination technologies such as air gap membrane distillation (AGMD). This study includes the first visualization of condensation in AGMD, through the use of a high conductivity, transparent sapphire condenser...
Main Authors: | Warsinger, David Elan Martin, Swaminathan, Jaichander, Morales, Lucien L., Bertoni, Margaret M., Lienhard, John H. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE)
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112109 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3446-1473 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-2694 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-0638 |
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