Abstract
Abstract This work aims to develop models able to describe and predict the thermal solar collector coupled with vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) unit to determine the growth evolution of the temperature in the solar collector and the membrane module of the VMD. These models will be used to evaluate the distillate flow rates during the year. The global solar radiation data recorded on an inclined surface as well as ambient temperature data can be included in a program. First, the models were validated with some experimental data studies from appropriate literature and then they were used to predict the unit's performance under different operating conditions in the City of Bouzaréah (Algiers). The results obtained from the proposed models showed that the distillate flux water reached 10.5 kg/h·m2 in September and around 5.6 kg/h·m2 in December during midday.
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