Location
Science and Engineering Building, UNLV
Start Date
27-4-2012 10:30 AM
End Date
27-4-2012 4:00 PM
Description
Project Background
• Many rural areas on the planet do not have easy access to clean water!
• Water distillation basins are capable of distilling water by using incident solar radiation to evaporate polluted water.
• Current thermodynamic models used to predict behavior require instantaneous data; requires the use of expensive equipment.
• Distillation basins are dependent on multiple meteorological variables: insolation, temperature, wind speed, cloud cover.
• Non‐linear behavior is difficult to predict for long term operations.
Keywords
Rural conditions; Solar stills; Water--Purification--Distillation process
Disciplines
Environmental Engineering | Fresh Water Studies | Water Resource Management
Language
English
Included in
Environmental Engineering Commons, Fresh Water Studies Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
Modeling Passive Solar Distillation in Las Vegas, NV
Science and Engineering Building, UNLV
Project Background
• Many rural areas on the planet do not have easy access to clean water!
• Water distillation basins are capable of distilling water by using incident solar radiation to evaporate polluted water.
• Current thermodynamic models used to predict behavior require instantaneous data; requires the use of expensive equipment.
• Distillation basins are dependent on multiple meteorological variables: insolation, temperature, wind speed, cloud cover.
• Non‐linear behavior is difficult to predict for long term operations.
Comments
Related Thesis:
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations/1434/