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Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions

Solar desalination is gaining increasing attention as a sustainable solution to address water scarcity in many regions. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of various aspects of solar desalination systems, including distillate quality, cost estimation, efficiency, and performance comparison...

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Main Authors: Isah, A.S., Takaijudin, H.B., Mahinder Singh, B.S., Abubakar, U.A., Mohammad, S.J., Oladoyin abimbola, T.
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2023
Online Access:http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/37320/
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:373202023-10-04T08:41:16Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/37320/ Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions Isah, A.S. Takaijudin, H.B. Mahinder Singh, B.S. Abubakar, U.A. Mohammad, S.J. Oladoyin abimbola, T. Solar desalination is gaining increasing attention as a sustainable solution to address water scarcity in many regions. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of various aspects of solar desalination systems, including distillate quality, cost estimation, efficiency, and performance comparison. The research involved developing a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system and investigating its distillate quantity and quality, demonstrating its improvement over the conventional system (solar still which comprises a basin and a glass cover) and similar research. A pretreatment system was incorporated to produce a cleaner distillate over conventional solar stills. The results showed an improvement in distillate quantity from 4.7 L/m2 day to 19.7 L/m2 day, for the conventional and modified systems respectively. The pretreatment system enhances the distillate quality with a range of 10�55 in certain parameters. Cost estimation analysis revealed the distillate cost for the traditional and improved systems are 0.041 and 0.091 /L respectively. A comparison with other studies highlighted the remarkable efficiency of the present study with an average improvement of 30. It is recommended that future research should be focused on integrating pre-treatment systems, optimizing distillate cost, improving the performance of the conventional system, exploring efficiency enhancements, conducting comparative studies, performing techno-economic analysis, and scaling up. In conclusion, this work contributes to the understanding of desalination systems that use solar energy, their performance, and cost-effectiveness. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd Elsevier Ltd 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed Isah, A.S. and Takaijudin, H.B. and Mahinder Singh, B.S. and Abubakar, U.A. and Mohammad, S.J. and Oladoyin abimbola, T. (2023) Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 421. ISSN 09596526 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85169046256&doi=10.1016%2fj.jclepro.2023.138528&partnerID=40&md5=8fe4e130b37ac444a980aff1e720c47d 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138528 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138528 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138528
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description Solar desalination is gaining increasing attention as a sustainable solution to address water scarcity in many regions. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of various aspects of solar desalination systems, including distillate quality, cost estimation, efficiency, and performance comparison. The research involved developing a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system and investigating its distillate quantity and quality, demonstrating its improvement over the conventional system (solar still which comprises a basin and a glass cover) and similar research. A pretreatment system was incorporated to produce a cleaner distillate over conventional solar stills. The results showed an improvement in distillate quantity from 4.7 L/m2 day to 19.7 L/m2 day, for the conventional and modified systems respectively. The pretreatment system enhances the distillate quality with a range of 10�55 in certain parameters. Cost estimation analysis revealed the distillate cost for the traditional and improved systems are 0.041 and 0.091 /L respectively. A comparison with other studies highlighted the remarkable efficiency of the present study with an average improvement of 30. It is recommended that future research should be focused on integrating pre-treatment systems, optimizing distillate cost, improving the performance of the conventional system, exploring efficiency enhancements, conducting comparative studies, performing techno-economic analysis, and scaling up. In conclusion, this work contributes to the understanding of desalination systems that use solar energy, their performance, and cost-effectiveness. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
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author Isah, A.S.
Takaijudin, H.B.
Mahinder Singh, B.S.
Abubakar, U.A.
Mohammad, S.J.
Oladoyin abimbola, T.
spellingShingle Isah, A.S.
Takaijudin, H.B.
Mahinder Singh, B.S.
Abubakar, U.A.
Mohammad, S.J.
Oladoyin abimbola, T.
Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
author_facet Isah, A.S.
Takaijudin, H.B.
Mahinder Singh, B.S.
Abubakar, U.A.
Mohammad, S.J.
Oladoyin abimbola, T.
author_sort Isah, A.S.
title Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
title_short Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
title_full Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
title_fullStr Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
title_sort assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
publisher Elsevier Ltd
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