Feasibility of utilizing solar energy to power reverse osmosis domestic unit to desalinate water in the state of Bahrain

Haitham Al-Qahtani

Renewable Energy, 1996, vol. 8, issue 1, 500-504

Abstract: The present study is examing the viability of photovoltic power to run domestic reverse osmosis (RO) units in residential houses to desalinate brackish water supplied by the water authority. It was found that using RO/Solar system only in houses in the state of Bahrain would produce 110,000 m3 of drinking water (40 million gallon) per day. This amount of desalinated water will require 150,000 m3 of natural gas if it is processed in a conventional RO plant. From the experimental results, it was found that three solar panel were adequate to provide the necessary power and water requirement for an average house.

Keywords: Reverse Osmosis; Solar Cell; Water Desalination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88907-5

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