Technical Analysis to Increase Productivity of Solar Desalinizers
Desalination; EMSO; simulation; solar desalinator; water treatment;
Aware of the global need to have access to drinking water and that most of the water on the globe contains salinity levels that make it impossible to consume and use it in the home, we propose, in this work, simulations that will enable us to understand some of the phenomena relevant to the functioning of solar desalinators from the conventional model to modified models. The results allowed us to understand how this equipment can be optimized with regard to its capacity to produce desalinated water. It was possible to study the solar desalination process through simulation in EMSO software. Daily productivity results were obtained of 1.5671 L / m² for the conventional model, 1.8604 L / m² for the modified model with low pressure, 1.7416 L / m² for the modified model with a 50W heat source , of 1.9646 L / m² for the modified model with a 100W heat source and 2.1970 L / m² for the modified model with a 150W heat source. In addition, the results were compared to experimental data from the Northeast region. The results made it possible to understand the characteristics of the different models regarding heat transfer, as well as it was possible to evaluate the best prototype relating its cost-benefit, being the modified model with a 150W heat source.