• 청정기술
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2014

최근 도서지역 지하수의 염분증가로 인해 지하수가 점차 생활용수로 부적합해 짐에 따라 해수담수화의 필요성이 크게 대두되고 있다. 이러한 해수담수화를 수행하기 위해서는 많은 에너지 비용이 들어가는데, 최근 에너지가격의 상승으로 경제성 확보가 어려운 실정이다. 지열에너지를 활용한 연계형 플랜트가 문제를 해결하는 중요한 방법이 될 수 있다. 지열시스템은 지구 내부의 온도를 이용하는 방법으로서 항상 온도가 일정하며 24시간 활용할 수 있어 이용률이 높다는 장점이 있기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 지열을 보조열원으로 활용한 진공 막 증류법 해수담수화 플랜트를 설계하고, 지열과 연계하지 않은 일반 진공 막 증류법 해수담수화 플랜트와 경제성 비교분석을 했다. 그 결과 할인율 5%일 경우 지열연계형이 $23,822,409 만큼 더 높은 순현재가치 값을 가지며, 운영기간 5.36년을 분기점으로 두 플랜트의 현금흐름이 역전되어 지열연계형 플랜트가 일반 진공 막 증류법 해수담수화 플랜트보다 더 큰 경제성을 갖는 결과를 얻었다. 또한 민감도 분석에서 주요 변수들간의 결과값 비교를 한 결과, 스팀이용비용의 변동폭이 가장 큰 영향을 미친 점에 비추어 스팀비용이 높은 지역일수록 지열에너지 연계형 플랜트가 경제적이고 효과적인 솔루션인 것으로 증명되었다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2014

This study was accomplished to get the foundation design data of VMD(Vacuum Membrane Distillation) system for Solar Thermal VMD plant. VMD experiment was designed to evaluate thermal performance of VMD using PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride) hollow fiber hydrophobic membranes. The total membrane surface area in a VMD module is $5.3m^2$. Experimental equipments to evaluate VMD system consists of various parts such as VMD module, heat exchanger, heater, storage tank, pump, flow meter, micro filter. The experimental conditions to evaluate VMD module were salt concentration, temperature, flow rate of feed sea water. Salt concentration of feed water were used by aqueous NaCl solutions of 25g/l, 35g/l and 45g/l concentration. As a result, increase in permeate flux of VMD module is due to the increasing feed water temperature and feed water flow rate. Also, decrease in permeate flux of VMD module is due to increasing salinity of feed water. VMD module required about 590 kWh/day of heating energy to produce $1m^3/day$ of fresh water.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.313-319
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• 2016

In this study, the performance experiment was conducted to compare the permeate flux of hollow fiber Vacuum Membrane Distillation module according to leak problem between module housing and membrane bundle. For the permeate flux performance experiment of the two Vacuum Membrane Distillation modules, the Lab-scale experimental equipment was built in the capacity of $1m^3/day$. The performance test of the two Vacuum Membrane Distillation modules were analyzed according to the feed water conditions. As a result, it was analyzed that the leak VMD module decreased about 14% of permeate flux than normal VMD module.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2017

In this study, thermal performance test of VMD module was performed, prior to the construction of the demonstration plant using the vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) module of the capacity of $400m^3/day$ and to the commercialization of the VMD module. For the thermal performance test, the experimental equipment of capacity of $2m^3/day$ was constructed. The permeate flux test and thermal performance test according to feed water conditions such as temperature and flow rate were conducted. The VMD module used in the study was manufactured by ECONITY Co., LTD with PVDF hollow fiber membrane. As a result, the Performance Ratio (PR) of the VMD module showed the maximum value of 0.904 under the condition of feed water temperature of $75^{\circ}C$ and flow rate of $8m^3/h$. PR value of the VMD module using PVDF hollow fiber membrane showed linearly increasing relationship with feed water temperature and flow rate. Also, The permeate flux of the VMD module was analyzed to have maximum value of 18.25 LMH and the salt rejection was 99.99%.