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  • Retail ElectricityCosts and Emissions IncentivesAre Misaligned for Commercial and Industrial Power Consumers ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Chapin, F. T., Rao, A. K., Sakthivelu, A., Tucker, C. I., David, E., Chen, C. S., Musabandesu, E., Mauter, M. S. 2026

    View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.est.6c04740

    View details for Web of Science ID 001852490300001

  • Incorporating corrosion design constraints in desalination process optimization: A case study in mechanical vapor compression DESALINATION Tucker, C. I., Amusat, O. O., Atia, A. A., Dudchenko, A., Bartholomew, T., Mauter, M. S. 2026; 621

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.desal.2025.119698

    View details for Web of Science ID 001635145900001

  • Component innovations for lower cost mechanical vapor compression. Water research Tucker, C. I., Bartholomew, T. V., Dudchenko, A. V., Mauter, M. S. 2024; 260: 121950

    Abstract

    Despite significant capital and operating costs, mechanical vapor compression (MVC) remains the preferred technology for challenging brine concentration applications. This work seeks to assess the dependence of MVC costs on feedwater salinity and desired water recovery and to quantify the value of improved component performance or reduced component costs for reducing the levelized cost of water (LCOW) of MVC. We built a cost optimization model coupling thermophysical, heat and mass transfer, and technoeconomic models to optimize and identify low cost MVC system designs as a function of feedwater salinity and water recovery. The LCOW ranges over 3.6 to 6.1 $/m3 for seawater feed salinities of 25-150 g/kg and water recoveries of 40-80 %. We then perform sensitivity analysis on parameter inputs to isolate irreducible costs and determine high value component innovation targets. The LCOW was most sensitive to evaporator material costs and performance, including the overall heat transfer coefficient in the evaporator. Process and material innovations such as polymer-composite evaporator tubes that reduce evaporator costs by 25 % without reducing heat transfer performance by more than 10 % would result in MVC cost reductions of 8 %.

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121950

    View details for PubMedID 38917505

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