Comprehensive condensation flow regimes in air gap membrane distillation: Visualization and energy efficiency

The thermal performance of air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) desalination is dominated by heat and mass transfer across the air gap between the membrane and the condensing surface. However, little is known about the impact of condensate flow patterns in some design variations of the air gap. In t...

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Main Authors: Warsinger, David Elan Martin, Swaminathan, Jaichander, Morales, Lucien L., Lienhard, John H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115268
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3446-1473
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-2694
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-0638