Desalination of Brackish Water using Solar Energy

pankaj kumar pandey, renu upadhyay

Abstract


The aim of the paper is to enhance the performance of membrane supported water desalination techniques to reduce the consumption of energy by employing solar energy. Development of the pilot plant in the laboratory has been carried out to desalinate the brackish water using PV collector. Experimental study was carried out and report the effect of temperature, time and flow rate on permeates flux. Results show that permeates flux increases with increase in temperature. Also the analysis of the well water has been performed by various techniques and reported. It was found that vacuum membrane distillation using solar energy provide better quality of water in comparison to other treatment techniques. This study provides an idea for the application of renewable energy in the field of desalination of water on a small scale.


Keywords


Desalination; VMD; Permeate Flux; Solar Energy; Water Quality Analysis.

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