Parameter | Value | Units |
Natural gas energy input | 10,595,598 | Btu/hr |
Electrical power output | 944 | KW |
3,221,062 | Btu/hr | |
Net electrical efficiency | 30.4% | - |
Exhaust energy output | 6,713,000 | Btu/hr |
Thermal energy transferred into recycled brine | 3,894,725 | Btu/hr |
Temperature of exhaust entering HE (Tgas,o) | 579 | ˚F |
Temperature of exhaust leaving HE (Tgas,i) | 280 | ˚F |
Temperature of recycled brin entering HE | 170 | ˚F |
Temperature of recycled brine leaving HE | 190.4 | ˚F |
Net thermal efficiency | 36.8% | - |
Overall plant efficiency | 67.2% | - |
Mass flow rate of seawater intake (Mf + Mcw) | 205,292.20 | lb/hr |
Temperature of seawater intake (Tf ) | 68 | ˚F |
Mass flow rate of cooling seawater (Mcw) | 166,530.36 | lb/hr |
Temperature of cooling seawater (Tcw) | 68 | ˚F |
Mass flow rate of recycled brine (Mr ) | 205,292.20 | lb/hr |
Top brine temperature (TBT) | 190.4 | ˚F |
Salinity of recycled brine―first pass (Xr) | 64,481 | ppm |
Mass flow rate of brine blowdown (Mb) | 19,016.07 | lb/hr |
Temperature of brine blowdown (Tb) | 88.4 | ˚F |
Mass flow rate of distillate product (Md) | 19,745.76 | lb/hr |
39.51 | GPM | |
56,891 | gal/day | |
Salinity of brine blowdown (Xb) | 71,343 | ppm |
Evaporation flux per unit surface area (re) | 0.09879 | (lb/hr∙ft2) |
Estimated average wind speed (V3) | 7.0 | mph |
Required surface area | 4.42 | acres |
Salt produced | 4.07 | ton/day |