A Review on Solar Powered Desalination Systems

Abstract

Desalination is most important and traditional process to get the potable water. Day to day the demand of fresh and potable water is increased, so that desalination is important and gained more attention. In conventional process desalination for heating process fuel is used as the thermal source but the due to rapid decreas in the fuel storage it is necessory to go with the renewable energy for the desalination process. Traditionally fuel is used which emits the pollutants after burning and it is harmful to environment and human being also. This paper reviews the different types of desalination systems which are powered by solar energy. The solar powered desalination systems are cost effective and also give high rate of water production. The inlet temperature of water is effects on the daily water production rate, efficiency of the system and gained output ratio. Solar powered desalination systems are not commercialy used yet, but it is the emerging low cost energy can be used for desalination in future.