Experimental analysis of an air gap membrane distillation solar desalination pilot system

A solar desalination system based on membrane distillation (MD) is presented and evaluated. In the context of a European project, the MEDESOL project, a pilot plant was built to evaluate the system, which consists of three commercial MD modules coupled with a static solar collector's field. The MD modules employed have been developed and manufactured by the Swedish company Scarab AB. They have a flat sheet air gap membrane distillation (AGMD)...