Mc. Deandres et al., COUPLING OF A MEMBRANE DISTILLATION MODULE TO A MULTIEFFECT DISTILLERFOR PURE WATER PRODUCTION, Desalination, 115(1), 1998, pp. 71-81
A combined system made of a one-stage multieffect distiller, working a
t atmospheric pressure, and a membrane distillation module were studie
d. The relatively hot brine rejected in the multieffect distiller is u
sed as feed in the membrane module. In this way, the production of dis
tilled water is increased about 7.5% and the GOR of the whole system i
s improved by about 10%.