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This study integrates multi-effect distillation (MED), multi-stage flash (MSF) evaporation, and solar interface evaporation technologies to enhance water purification processes. We evaluate the material and performance of interface evaporators, with a particular focus on managing the energy balance in solar water evaporation. The research further develops thermal regulation in photothermal materials to maximize light absorption, minimize heat loss, and speed up steam conversion. We employ a novel approach using corn starch and ionic liquid-modified silica hydrogels, noted for their hydrophilicity and broad-spectrum light absorption. The goal is to assess these hydrogels for photothermal conversion efficiency and salt resistance, examining their evaporation performance across various media—pure water, highly saline water, and oily wastewater—and their effectiveness in purifying industrial sewage. Monomer [VEIm]Br and cross-linking agent polymerization occurred to prepare the obtained <italic>SiO</italic>2 – <italic>PILs.Ag / PPy / SiO</italic>2 <italic>– PILs</italic> surface of polypyrrole and Ag particles presenting a three-dimensional porous structure is able to enhance the light absorption performance, between 200-2500 nm range of light absorption rate as high as 90%. Experiments proved the introduction of ionic liquid grafted silica on the introduction of the mechanism to improve the thermal insulation and salt resistance for the actual wastewater purification to provide a strategy.
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This study integrates multi-effect distillation (MED), multi-stage flash (MSF) evaporation, and solar interface evaporation technologies to enhance water purification processes. We evaluate the material and performance of interface evaporators, with a particular focus on managing the energy balance in solar water evaporation. The research further develops thermal regulation in photothermal materials to maximize light absorption, minimize heat loss, and speed up steam conversion. We employ a novel approach using corn starch and ionic liquid-modified silica hydrogels, noted for their hydrophilicity and broad-spectrum light absorption. The goal is to assess these hydrogels for photothermal conversion efficiency and salt resistance, examining their evaporation performance across various media—pure water, highly saline water, and oily wastewater—and their effectiveness in purifying industrial sewage. Monomer [VEIm]Br and cross-linking agent polymerization occurred to prepare the obtained SiO2 – PILs.Ag / PPy / SiO2 – PILs surface of polypyrrole and Ag particles presenting a three-dimensional porous structure is able to enhance the light absorption performance, between 200-2500 nm range of light absorption rate as high as 90%. Experiments proved the introduction of ionic liquid grafted silica on the introduction of the mechanism to improve the thermal insulation and salt resistance for the actual wastewater purification to provide a strategy.

Computer simulation of a solar multi-effect distillation multi-stage flash effluent purification system

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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This study integrates multi-effect distillation (MED), multi-stage flash (MSF) evaporation, and solar interface evaporation technologies to enhance water...

Computer simulation of a solar multi-effect distillation multi-stage flash effluent purification system

Published Online: May 30, 2024

Page range: -

Received: Feb 15, 2024

Accepted: Apr 17, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns-2024-1250

Keywords
Med multi-effect distillation, Msf multi-stage flash evaporation, Solar interfacial evaporation, Wastewater purification

© 2024 Xiajing Cui et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Computer simulation of a solar multi-effect distillation multi-stage flash effluent purification system

Published Online: May 30, 2024

Page range: -

Received: Feb 15, 2024

Accepted: Apr 17, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns-2024-1250

KeywordsMed multi-effect distillation, Msf multi-stage flash evaporation, Solar interfacial evaporation, Wastewater purification

© 2024 Xiajing Cui et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Med multi-effect distillation, Msf multi-stage flash evaporation, Solar interfacial evaporation, Wastewater purification