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The Study of Desalination of Seawater Using Solar Energy
Nur Aisyah Hanis Binti Ahmad Tarmizi
Supervisor: Prof. Khalid Bin Samo
Bachelor of Applied Science (Maritime Technology)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
This paper presents a study of desalination of seawater using solar energy as energy
source. The project that will be attempted is to filter salt water into freshwater for
drinking quality. An old and simple system have been used to conduct this experiment
and to calculate the amount of saline water that we could get from the seawater. A
mechanism for collecting the evaporated water will be designed. To conduct this
experiment, we will set a container under the sun for several hours. For every hour,
the evaporation rate and the water collected will be plotted against ambient
temperature and relative humidity. Experiment data of weather are to be collected for
measurement by thermometer. The salinity of evaporated water will be determined
using salinometer. Several limitations have been compiled and methods of the
researches have been viewed. This system is more effective when the surface area of
container is large and on hot and sunny day. Moreover, ambient temperature and
relative humidity also are the circumstances that should be taken into account to
conduct this experiment.
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