Table 1 Essential date of DCMD with metal foam36,37,38,39,40.
From: CFD analysis of heat and mass transfer in hollow fiber DCMD enhanced by metal foam
Geometry Parameters | Value |
|---|---|
Membrane material | PVDF |
Membrane length | 500 (mm) |
Membrane thickness | 300 (µm) |
Membrane porosity | 0.8 |
Membrane pore radius | 0.1 (µm) |
Inner radius of the hollow fiber | 1.5 (mm) |
Housing radius | 4.75 (mm) |
Metal foam material | Copper |
Metal foam porosity | 0.9–0.99 |
PPI | 30–50 |
Reynolds number of the permeate flow | 50–200 |
Reynolds number of the feed flow | 50–200 |
The inlet-temperature of the feed flow | 60 (°C) |
The inlet-temperature of the permeate flow | 20 (°C) |
Salt concentration of the feed flow | 3.5% |
Copper density | 8920 (kg/m3) |
Copper thermal conductivity | 380 (W/m K) |
Copper heat capacity | 380 (J/kg. K) |
