Fig. 2: The experimental setup for testing the liquid Burgers cascade (LBC).
From: Scalable brine treatment using 3D-printed multichannel thermodiffusion
a Exploded CAD view of the lab-scale LBC designed to test brine concentration and desalination, showing the key components of the assembly in exploded view. b Photo of CNC-machined components. c CAD view of the assembled LBC with a cross-sectional view illustrating the arrangement of adjacent channels and their interaction with flow and heating/cooling media. The arrangement of the materials with different thermal conductivities improves thermal energy utilisation. d Flow diagram of the experimental setup developed in this study, including instruments and components connected to the LBC. The energy flow in a steady state condition is shown in a Sankey diagram, also described in the Methods section. More than 99% of the energy input to the LBC is the heat transfer rate \({\dot{Q}}_{{\rm{in}}}\approx {\rm{SEC}}\). No heat recovery of \({\dot{Q}}_{{\rm{out}}}\) is considered. e Photo of the complete experimental setup.
