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Desalination powered by entropy
The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings (2011)
  • Sanza Kazadi
  • Young Hong, Jisan Research Institute
  • Calvin Chau, Jisan Research Institute
  • Apoorv Chaudhary, Jisan Research Institute
  • Arnav Chaudhary, Jisan Research Institute
  • James Park, Jisan Research Institute
  • Jessica Liu, Jisan Research Institute
  • Miji Kim, Jisan Research Institute
  • David Kim, Jisan Research Institute
  • Sam Kim, Jisan Research Institute
Abstract
We describe in this paper a novel water distiller. The water distiller utilizes a thermal gradient device which spontaneously generates and maintains a thermal gradient through a process similar to osmosis. A theoretical derivation of the process which we call an entrochemical process is presented. The device utilizes the thermal
gradient to induce a flow of energy through the system. This flow of energy is used to induce the distillation of water. The device may be recharged using a low-temperature evaporation process. We describe the
design of the device, which has a distillation process that has an efficiency of 12.6 ± 2.6 % in utilizing the energy which moves through the system.
Keywords
  • entrochemical systems,
  • desalination,
  • thermal gradient
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 1, 2011
Citation Information
Sanza Kazadi, Young Hong, Calvin Chau, Apoorv Chaudhary, et al.. "Desalination powered by entropy" The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2011 – Official Conference Proceedings (2011) p. 324 - 336 ISSN: 2186-2311
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sanza-kazadi/33/