Research Article
Performance Investigation of O-Ring Vacuum Membrane Distillation Module for Water Desalination
Table 2
Pure water VMD experimental results for PVDF and PTFE at a 92 kPa vacuum degree.
| Run | (°C) | (m/s) | (kg/m2 h) | (W/m2 K) | × 10−2 | Re | Nu | Pr | PVDF | PTFE |
| 1 | 65 | 0.32 | 17.7 | 19.4 | 1553.8 | 3.97 | 86711.31 | 288.2 | 2.77 | 2 | 65 | 0.67 | 35.7 | 37.7 | 2821.6 | 7.23 | 183557.7 | 523.2 | 2.77 | 3 | 65 | 1.11 | 53.1 | 58.9 | 4225.0 | 10.83 | 304052.6 | 783.5 | 2.77 | 4 | 65 | 1.25 | 55.2 | 63.8 | 4670.0 | 11.97 | 344593.0 | 866.0 | 2.77 |
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