Resonant energy transfer enhances solar thermal desalination
Alessandro Alabastri, Pratiksha D. Dongare, Oara Neumann, Jordin Metz, Ifeoluwa Adebıyı, Peter Nordlander, Naomi J. Halas
Abstract
Water production from solar thermal desalination is limited by the energy consumption of phase change. Resonant heat exchange between matched saline feed and purified distillate flow rates enables optimized recovery of vaporization energy.
Topics & Concepts
DesalinationLow-temperature thermal desalinationVaporizationThermal energyThermalHeat exchangerSolar energyMaterials scienceEnvironmental scienceHeat transferSolar desalinationDistillationNuclear engineeringThermodynamicsEnvironmental engineeringChemistryChromatographyPhysicsEngineeringElectrical engineeringBiochemistryMembraneSolar-Powered Water Purification MethodsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsMembrane Separation Technologies