Performance assessment of coupled concentrated photovoltaic-thermal and vacuum membrane distillation (CPVT-VMD) system for water desalination

• Main Authors: Santana, Juan Pablo, Rivera-Solorio, Carlos I., Chew, Jia Wei, Tan, Yong Zen, Gijon-Rivera, Miguel, Acosta-Pazmino, Ivan
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Solar Energy; Concentrated Photovoltaic Thermal
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169724
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Numerical simulations were carried out to assess the technical and economic feasibility of a solar water desalination system that has a novel hybrid Concentrating Photovoltaic Thermal (CPVT) collector coupled with a Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD) process. A special characteristic of this CPVT is...