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The status of process modelling systems is outlined here along with the description of a dynamic model for the analysis and prediction of multistage flash desalination units. Several different operating conditions describing the operations of a solar powered MSF unit were simulated in order to investigate the model capabilities and potential for simulating real plant operations. The model is compared to full scale plant data and to more accurate data from a laboratory scale experimental unit. Results show how an example of the new generation of modelling tools allows us to solve the complex model for many disturbances introduced to the desalination system. The model contains ordinary differential equations with sharp changes in operating conditions which have been known to cause problems to many modelling systems.
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DAVID, I., BOGLE, L., CIPOLLINA, A., MICALE, G. (2007). DYNAMIC MODELING TOOLS FOR SOLAR POWERED DESALINATION PROCESSES DURING TRANSIENT OPERATIONS. In: Rizzuti, L., Ettouney, H.M., Cipollina, A. (eds) Solar Desalination for the 21st Century. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5508-9_4
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