Desalination of Impure Water

Onyia B.I, Ofili. I, Edeh H.I, Ibrahim A.H, Ugwuodo C.B

Desalination, Distillate, Solar Energy, Impure Water, Boiling Point.

Solar desalination is a process where solar energy is used to distill fresh water from saline, brackish water for drinking purposes, charging of the batteries and medical appliances, etc. In recent years desalination of water has been one of the most important technological work undertaken in many countries. Many areas in Middle East and elsewhere have little or no natural water supplies which can be used for human consumption and, hence, depend heavily on water produced by desalination. Several methods of solar water desalination are known. Many workers indicate that the utilization of solar energy for water desalination is becoming more attractive as the cost of energy is continuously increases. Solar desalination is particularly important for locations where solar intensity is high and there is a scarcity of fresh water. This work gave a cumulative distillate yield of litres for the 10 day test. The Atmospheric temperature fluctuated from 26⁰C to 30⁰C during the test period. The distillate water obtained boils at 100⁰C and freeze at 0⁰C which correspond to World Health Organization Standard.

10.22161/ijaers/3.10.6