Desalination, Vol.115, No.1, 71-81, 1998
Coupling of a membrane distillation module to a multieffect distiller for pure water production
A combined system made of a one-stage multieffect distiller, working at atmospheric pressure, and a membrane distillation module were studied. The relatively hot brine rejected in the multieffect distiller is used as feed in the membrane module. In this way, the production of distilled water is increased about 7.5% and the GOR of the whole system is improved by about 10%.