Design and modeling of vertical tube evaporator in a thermal-driven multiple effect distillation system

Design procedure follows Bell’s, Kandlikar, and Kutateladze correlation which provides good projection and steadiness for shell side heat transfer coefficient and is considered best possibility to incorporate correlations in the design model of the MED plant. Thus, the present model was used to design the VTE for small scale thermal driven MED system to condense 25-30 kg/hr with appropriate dimension