In the MSF process, the brine recycle is
invariably heated by low-pressure steam from an associated power
plant.
Analysis of the MSF process can be made by detailed mathematical
models. These models solve a large number of equations and generate
much larger information on system variables and properties. The
following analysis is adopted to calculate the main design features of
large scale MSF systems, which include the brine recycle flow rate, the
flow rate of cooling seawater, the flow rate of distillate water, the
stage length, height and width, number of tubes, velocity and pressure
loss of saline water in condenser tubes of both heat recovery and heat
rejection sections, specific electricity consumption, steam consumption
and etc. The governing equations for thermodynamic modeling
the desalination plant are given by [17–19]. Technical characteristics
of the proposed MSF desalination plant are listed in Table 2.
3. E