Solar Energy Desalination Technology [Paperback]

Solar Energy Desalination Technology explains how to obtain clean water from sea water using solar energy. Special methods and types used in solar desalination are introduced, providing new thoughts, concepts, and feasible solutions in the desalination field, along with the thermal and economic efficiency relating to current technology.

Many places in the world are suffering from fresh water shortage. However, those places are often rich with solar resources, sea water, and/or brackish water resources that could dramatically benefit from solar energy as a viable solution for the production of fresh water.

• Explains the principles of solar thermal energy usage to produce clean water from sea water
• Introduces and explains new kinds of solar desalination systems, including their technical level and working principle
• Provides fundamental knowledge on water treatment and solar collection

1. General Problems in Seawater Desalination 2. Solar Energy Utilization and Its Collection Devices 3. Fundamental Relationships of Heat and Mass Transfer in Solar Seawater Desalination Systems 4. Traditional Solar Desalination Units 5. Active Solar Distiller 6. Humidification-Dehumidification Solar Desalination Systems 7. Solar Desalination System Combined With Conventional Technologies 8. Absorption and Adsorption Solar Desalination System 9. Solar Concentrating Directly to Drive Desalination Technologies 10. The Benefit Evaluation and Material Selecting

Concise reference explaining the fundamental principles of how to obtain clean water from the sea using solar thermal energy

Solar Energy Desalination Technology explains how to obtain clean water from sea water by solar energy. Special methods and types used in solar desalination are introduced. The book provides newl“ó