Effect of Temperature on the Performance of Multi-Stage Distillation

The tray/multi-tray distillation process is a topic that has been investigated to great detail over the last decade by many teams such as Jubran et al. [1], Adhikari et al. [2], Mowla et al. [3], Shatat et al. [4] and Fath [5] to name a few. A significant amount of work and effort was spent focusing on modeling and/simulation of specific distillation hardware designs. In this work, we have focused our efforts on investigating and gathering experimental data on several engineering and design variables to quantify their influence on the yield of the multi-tray distillation process. Our goals are to generate experimental performance data to bridge some existing gaps in the design, engineering, optimization and theoretical modeling aspects of the multi-tray distillation process.

Authors:

• A. Diaf
• H. Aburideh
• Z.Tigrine
• D. Tassalit
• F.Alaoui

Keywords:

• Distillation
• Desalination
• Multi-Stage still
• Solar Energy

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