Hanshik Chung, Supriyanto Wibowo, Berkah Fajar, Yonghan Shin and Hyomin Jeong*
The Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp.421-426, 2012

Abstract : A low pressure evaporation fresh water generation system is designed for converting brackish water or seawater into fresh water by distillation in low pressure and temperature. Distillation through evaporation of feed water and subsequent vapor condensation as evaporation produced fresh water were studied; tap water was employed as feed water. The system uses the ejector as a vacuum creator of the evaporator, which is one of the most important parts in the distillation process. Hence liquid can be evaporated at a lower temperature than at normal or atmospheric conditions. Various operating conditions, i.e. temperature of feed water and different orifice diameters, were applied in the experiment to investigate the characteristics of the system. It was found that these parameters have a significant effect on the performance of fresh water generation systems with low pressure evaporation.

Keyword : Distillation; Ejector; Fresh water generation; Low pressure