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Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling

Farmers still practice the traditional salt farming in many regions, particularly in Indonesia. This archaic method not only produces low yield and poor salt quality, it is also laborious. Furthermore, the farming locations typically have poor access to fresh water and are far away from electricity...

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Main Authors: Hizam, S., Bilad, M.R., Putra, Z.A.
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Published: American Institute of Physics Inc. 2017
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spelling my.utp.eprints.200082018-04-22T14:32:28Z Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling Hizam, S. Bilad, M.R. Putra, Z.A. Farmers still practice the traditional salt farming in many regions, particularly in Indonesia. This archaic method not only produces low yield and poor salt quality, it is also laborious. Furthermore, the farming locations typically have poor access to fresh water and are far away from electricity grid, which restrict upgrade to a more advanced technology for salt production. This paper proposes a new concept of salt harvesting method that improves the salt yield and at the same time facilitates recovery of fresh water from seawater. The new concept integrates solar powered membrane distillation (MD) and photovoltaic cells to drive the pumping. We performed basic solar still experiments to quantify the heat flux received by a pond. The data were used as insight for designing the proposed concept, particularly on operational strategy and the most effective way to integrate MD. After the conceptual design had been developed, we formulated mass and energy balance to estimate the performance of the proposed concept. Based on our data and design, it is expected that the system would improve the yield and quality of the salt production, maximizing fresh water harvesting, and eventually provides economical gain for salt farmers hence improving their quality of life. The key performance can only be measured via experiment using gain output ratio as performance indicator, which will be done in a future study. © 2017 Author(s). American Institute of Physics Inc. 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85031314914&doi=10.1063%2f1.5005386&partnerID=40&md5=917c3c38478b87f4e6bd13dd73d81838 Hizam, S. and Bilad, M.R. and Putra, Z.A. (2017) Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1891 . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/20008/
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description Farmers still practice the traditional salt farming in many regions, particularly in Indonesia. This archaic method not only produces low yield and poor salt quality, it is also laborious. Furthermore, the farming locations typically have poor access to fresh water and are far away from electricity grid, which restrict upgrade to a more advanced technology for salt production. This paper proposes a new concept of salt harvesting method that improves the salt yield and at the same time facilitates recovery of fresh water from seawater. The new concept integrates solar powered membrane distillation (MD) and photovoltaic cells to drive the pumping. We performed basic solar still experiments to quantify the heat flux received by a pond. The data were used as insight for designing the proposed concept, particularly on operational strategy and the most effective way to integrate MD. After the conceptual design had been developed, we formulated mass and energy balance to estimate the performance of the proposed concept. Based on our data and design, it is expected that the system would improve the yield and quality of the salt production, maximizing fresh water harvesting, and eventually provides economical gain for salt farmers hence improving their quality of life. The key performance can only be measured via experiment using gain output ratio as performance indicator, which will be done in a future study. © 2017 Author(s).
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Bilad, M.R.
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Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling
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title Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling
title_short Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling
title_full Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling
title_fullStr Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling
title_full_unstemmed Integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: Process development and modelling
title_sort integration of membrane distillation into traditional salt farming method: process development and modelling
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