Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
Date of Graduation
2015
College
Mechanical Engineering
Major 1
Mechanical Engineering
Minor
Reliability and Maintainability Engineering
First Advisor
J. Mark Barker
Second Advisor
Jonaaron Jones
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Jarrod A.; Washington, MacKinzie; Jung, Chan; and Garrison, Ben, "Increasing Efficiency of Thermal Desalination" (2015). Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/1875
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Included in
Acoustics, Dynamics, and Controls Commons, Controls and Control Theory Commons, Heat Transfer, Combustion Commons, Metallurgy Commons, Other Materials Science and Engineering Commons
Comments
This project entails a full analysis of the addition of graphite foam to a common thermal desalination process of the purification of saltwater to a level of acceptable use by society. Heat transfer properties were analyzed to determine if this new material would be effective to maximize water output while minimizing the costs involved in operation.