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EnergyWhereitMatters:DeliveringHeattothe Membrane/WaterInterfaceforEnhancedThermalDesalination

PI:DavidJassbyPresenter:JingboWang

UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles

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Backgroundandmotivation

2Yanetal.EnvironmentalScience:WaterResearch&Technology 4.3(2018):428-437.Deshmukh etal. Energy&EnvironmentalScience 11.5(2018):1177-1196.

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Overallobjective

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• Developatransformativethermally-drivenmembranedistillation(MD)desalinationtechnologythatallowsheattobedelivereddirectlytothemembrane/waterinterface.

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Specificobjectives

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• Fabricateandcharacterizethermallyandelectrically conductingMDmembranematerials

• BenchscaletestingofthermallyandelectricallyconductingMDmembranesforthetreatmentofhighsalinitybrines

• Modelheatandfluidtransportinsurface-heatedMDsystem• Manufactureoflarger-scalesurface-heatedMDmembranesand

modules• Design,build,anddeploylarger-scaleMDsystemforoilandgas

wastewatertreatment• Conducttechno-economicanalysisofsurface-heatedMDprocess

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Thermallyconductingmembrane

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Vacuummembranedistillation

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Deliverablesandimpact

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• Transformativethermallyandelectricallyconductingmembranescapableofdeliveringheatandelectricalchargetothemembrane/waterinterface

• AnunderstandingofthematerialandprocessrequirementsneededtoenabletheeffectivecouplingofsolarheattotheMDdesalinationprocess

• Ademonstrationofthetechnologyforthetreatmentoilandgaswastewater(O&GWW),atalargerscale

• Atechno-economicanalysisofthedesalinationprocess• Acost-effectivedesalinationprocess($1.5/m3)capableof

treatinghigh-salinitybrines(>100g/LTDS)

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Thankyou!

Questions?

DavidJassby:jassby@ucla.eduJingboWang:jingbowang@ucla.edu

UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles