Journal of Gas Technology

Feasibility Study of Using Waste Heat from Gas Pressure Reducing Stations for Water Desalination

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Engineering, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

2 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In recent years, recovering waste heat to reduce energy consumption and provide the energy needs has become a promising method to solve the energy crisis. In this study, the waste heat from gas pressure reducing stations is used to produce fresh water using a humidification-dehumidification desalination unit. Using Aspen HYSYS to model the proposed system, the effect of different parameters on the fresh water production rate is evaluated. The results show that optimum saline water and air flow rates are 0.165 kg/s and 0.2 kg/s, respectively, for a gas pressure reducing station by a capacity of 50,000 standard cubic meters per hour. It is also found that by decreasing the gas inlet pressure from 1000 psi to 400 psi, the fresh water production rate is decreases by about 52.2%. The increase of the fresh water production rate by increasing the capacity of the pressure reducing station from 10,000 to 50,000 standard cubic meters per hour is about 62%. Furthermore, the fresh production rate at gas pressure reducing station with 10,000 SCMH increases 4.4% by increasing the saline water temperature entering the humidifier from 40ºC to 80ºC.

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Article Title [Persian]

امکان‌سنجی استفاده از گرمای اتلافی ایستگاه کاهش فشار گاز برای شیرین سازی آب

Authors [Persian]

  • مریم کرمی 1
  • فریما علیخانی 2

1 دانشکده فنی مهندسی، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران

2 گروه مهندسی مکانیک، دانشگاه الزهرا، تهران، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

در سال‌های اخیر، بازیابی گرمای اتلافی برای کاهش مصرف انرژی و تأمین انرژی موردنیاز به یک روش امیدبخش برای حل بحران انرژی تبدیل‌شده است. در این مطالعه، از گرمای اتلافی ایستگاه‌های کاهش فشار گاز برای تولید آب شیرین با استفاده از یک واحد آب‌شیرین‌کن رطوبت زنی- رطوبت‌زدایی استفاده‌شده است. با مدل‌سازی سیستم پیشنهادی در نرم‌افزار اسپن هایسیس، تأثیر پارامترهای مختلف بر میزان تولید آب شیرین ارزیابی‌شده است. نتایج نشان می‌دهد که میزان بهینه دبی آب‌شور و جریان هوا برای یک ایستگاه کاهش فشار گاز با ظرفیت ۵۰،۰۰۰ مترمکعب استاندارد بر ساعت (SCMH)، به ترتیب ۰/۱۶۵ کیلوگرم بر ثانیه و ۰/۲ کیلوگرم بر ثانیه است. همچنین مشخص‌شده است که با کاهش فشار ورودی گاز از psi ۱۰۰۰ به psi ۴۰۰، میزان تولید آب شیرین حدود ۵۲/۲٪ کاهش می‌یابد. افزایش نرخ تولید آب شیرین با افزایش ظرفیت ایستگاه کاهش فشار از SCMH ۱۰،۰۰۰ به FGTG ۵۰،۰۰۰. حدود۲۶٪ است. علاوه بر این، میزان تولید آب شیرین در ایستگاه کاهش فشار گاز با SCMH ۱۰،۰۰۰ با افزایش دمای آب‌شور ورودی به رطوبت زن از  ℃۴۰  به ℃۸۰ حدود ۴/۴٪ افزایش می‌یابد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • ایستگاه کاهش فشار گاز
  • شیرین سازی آب
  • واحد رطوبت زنی-رطوبت زدایی
  • شبیه سازی عددی
  • اسپن هایسیس
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Journal of Gas Technology
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 7
December 2021
Pages 53-64