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MultipleEffectDistillationwithThermalVapour
Compression(MEDTVC)
Thetechnology
Thetechnology
TheGORoftheevaporatorinMEDcanbeenhancedbyadditionofathermocompressor
betweenoneofthecellsandthehotone.UsingLPorMPsteamthisstaticcompressorwilltake
partofthevapourraisedinoneofthecellsandrecycleitintohigherpressurevapourtobeused
asheatingmediaforthefirsteffect.
ThesketchshowsthetypicalarrangementofanMEDevaporatorwiththermocompression
(MEDTVC).WhereastheGORoftheevaporatorinMEDwouldbeintherangeof3(usingLLP
steam)theGORofsketchwouldratherreach6to10(usingLPorMPsteam).
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Theadvantages
Verylowelectricalconsumption(lessthan1.0kWh/m3)comparedtootherthermal
processessuchasMultiStageFlash(MSF)ormembraneprocesses(ReverseOsmosis)
Operateatlowtemperature(<70C)andatlowconcentration(<1.5)toavoidcorrosion
andscaling
Producesteadilyhighpuritydistillate
Donotneedcomplexpretreatmentofseawaterandaretoleranttovariationsofsea
waterconditions
Arehighlyreliableandsimpletooperate
Reducecivilworkscostthankstoreducedfootprint
Aresimpletoinstallwithpackagedunitsmountedonskidsanddeliveredreadyforuse,
aftereasyinstallation
Havealowmaintenancecost(norotatingpartsexceptlowpressurepumps)
Operate24hoursadaywithminimumsupervision
Idealforcouplingwithpowerplants,steamcanbeusedatanypressurefrom1to40bar
abs
Allowveryhighthermalefficienciesandsavingsinfuelcosts
Rangeupto15MIGD(68000m3/day)perunit
Multilocalpresence
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