Effect of Coolant Temperature on Desalination Process via Progressive Freeze Concentration

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The world is still suffering from a shortage of clean water supply and the problem is expected to become more serious in the future. Consequently, researchers have been trying to find the best solution to address this problem by introducing new desalination technologies that are able to accommodate the demand for clean water which is increasing from time to time. One of the new technologies introduced is the desalination of seawater through freeze concentration. In this study, progressive freeze concentration (PFC) is implemented to produce pure water in the form of ice crystal block and leave behind a higher concentration solution. The effect of coolant temperature was investigated and the efficiency of the system was reviewed based on the value of effective partition constant, K which is defined by the ratio of solute in ice and liquid phase. The low value of K leads to the best efficiency for the system. Apart from that, the efficiency, E% and salinity reduction were also calculated in order to determine the system performance.

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