Desalination Using Plastic Sheets
A simple low cost method to desalinate sea water by distillation is used in some countries where fuel is available.
Desalination using plastic sheets. Today s modern seawater desalination plant swro utilizes many plastic products manufactured by agru. Since frost forms when leaf temperatures dip simply covering the plant isn t going. Mos2 is also a robust material so even such a thin sheet is able to withstand the necessary pressures and water volumes. The smaller pot is placed inside the larger one and weighed down with a stone.
The funnel underneath the quarter is made from a plastic. 3 1 2 water desalination using solar power. Pure water condenses on a plastic cover and runs down the sides to be collected. In this instructable i will show you how to modify a plastic bottle so that it can desalinate small amounts of water using heat energy from the sun.
The first jug lays on its side with the top facing wall cut out. Pumping station in the pump station area pe 100 and pp pipes and fittings utilized up to a diameter of 500mm. Two plastic jugs are used as desalination devices. The illinois researchers are establishing collaborations to experimentally test mos2 for water desalination and to test its rate of fouling or clogging of the pores a major problem for plastic membranes.
Two pots one four times the size of the other and a plastic sheet. It requires basic kitchen utensils. Solar desalination using humidification and. Plastic seems like a good idea for frost protection but it s just too thin to provide any insulation to plants.
The removal of salt or other excess minerals from water through a variety of methods. In most cases the easiest way to get rid of the important brine flow 70 to 55 of intake flow is to discharge it in the sea via a brine outfall pipe. Solar water desalination has a long history. Brine disposal is a real environmental problem that should be considered and studied when installing a desalination plant.
Live aboard sailboats have emergency seawater stills that use sunlight to evaporate pure water from seawater. The first documented use of solar stills was in the sixteenth century and in 1872 the swedish engineer carlos wilson built a large scale solar still to supply a mining community in chile with drinking water.