Energy efficiency of permeate gap and novel conductive gap membrane distillation

Extending the Energy efficiency gap

In order to reach the EU: s 20-20-20 primary energy savings target, energy efficiency needs to increase. Previous research on energy use and energy efficiency has focused mainly on the diffusion of energy efficient technologies. The discrepancy between optimal and actual implementation of energy efficient technologies has been illustrated in numerous articles and is often referred to as the ene...

Effect of Module Inclination Angle on Air Gap Membrane Distillation

Air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) experiments were performed with varied temperature and varied module inclination angles to characterize the effect of module angle on permeate production and thermal performance. While AGMD is potentially one of the most energy efficient membrane distillation configurations, transport resistances in the air gap typically dominate the thermal performance, res...

Narrowing the US energy efficiency gap.

T he energy-efficiency gap has puzzled researchers and policy makers for decades (1). Changes in behavior and the use of efficient technologies could substantially reduce energy consumption, yielding strong financial returns. However, householders, business managers, and government officials fail to take advantage of the opportunity. Attari et al. (2) reveal important features of the gap by an ...

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Hydrophobic Membrane: Application for Seawater Desalination with Air Gap Membrane Distillation Process

on the relationship between different discourse markers and information-gap and reasoning-gap tasks, and the effectiveness of input enhancement type of instruction on students acquisition of discourse markers.

abstract tasks nowadays are at the center of attention in sla research. task types is one of the critical issues in this regard, their effectiveness and suitability to any particular context, their characteristics and the result they yield are among some of these issues. on the other hand, discourse markers (dms) have been very much investigated and their effectiveness in conveying the meaning...