Thermoelectric Membrane Distillation System Engineering Design Improvement Concepts

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dc.creatorParodi, Jurek
dc.creatorLee, Jeffrey
dc.creatorTrieu, Serena
dc.creatorPace, Greg
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-28T16:33:45Z
dc.date.available2019-06-28T16:33:45Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-07
dc.descriptionJurek Parodi, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
dc.descriptionJeffrey Lee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
dc.descriptionSerena Trieu, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
dc.descriptionGreg Pace, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
dc.descriptionICES303: Physio-Chemical Life Support- Water Recovery & Management Systems- Technology and Process Development
dc.descriptionThe 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 07 July 2019 through 11 July 2019.
dc.description.abstractAll of the membrane distillation technologies that NASA has examined to date require external heating and cooling subsystems to drive the distillation and condensation processes. Since energy is added to the system to change liquid water into vapor, and energy is rejected from the system to convert vapor back into a liquid, a higher efficiency is achieved when the enthalpy of liquefaction is recaptured for use in supplementing the enthalpy of vaporization. The Thermoelectric Membrane Distillation (TMD) system embeds thermoelectric devices acting as heat pumps directly at the membrane surface into a self-contained device, thereby heating the rententate while simultaneously cooling the permeate. A flexible testing apparatus has been developed to quickly validate the TMD concept and to characterize different key performance parameters, which have been utilized to develop models for the design of engineering prototypes. This paper describes the validation of our proof-of-concept work, the design improvements implemented to improve performances, and the degradation of performances observed during long-duration testing.
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dc.identifier.otherICES_2019_117
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/84869
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher49th International Conference on Environmental Systems
dc.subjectmembrane distillation
dc.subjectthermoelectric cooler
dc.subjectpervaporation
dc.subjectwastewater
dc.subjecturine ersatz
dc.titleThermoelectric Membrane Distillation System Engineering Design Improvement Conceptsen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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