Research Article
Thermoeconomic Analysis and Multiobjective Optimization of a Solar Desalination Plant
Table 2
Data validation for MED simulation.
| | Parameter | Unit | Operational data [4] | Simulated results | Difference (%) |
| | Number of effects | — | 7 | 7 | Assumption | | Length of tubes | M | 4.1 | 4.1 | Assumption | | Motive steam pressure | Barg | 10 | 10 | Assumption | | Motive steam temperature | | 170 | 170 | Assumption | | Motive steam mass flow rate | tons/h | 8 | 8 | Assumption | | Number of tubes in each effect | — | 1996 | 1973 | −1.17 | | Sea water flow rate | tons/h | 420 | 429 | 2.10 | | Desalinated water flow rate (tons/d) | tons/d | 1536 | 1557 | 1.35 |
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