PORTABLE SOLAR POWERED WATER PURIFICATION AND DESALINATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A LIGHT WEIGHT, COMPACT, DURABLE AND PORTABLESOLAR POWERED WATER PURIFICATION AND DESALINATION SYSTEM WHICH HAS VERSATILE APPLICATIONS IN PRODUCING POTABLE WATER. THE BASIC TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COMPONENTS OF SUCH SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE BUT HAS NOT BEEN INTEGRATED IN A MANNER TO PROVIDE A PRACTICAL, COST EFFECTIVE POTABLE WATER SOURCE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS. SMALL BOAT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS. A CANDIDATE CONCEPT THAT WILL BE ANALYZED AND TESTED ENTAILSAN INFLATABLE SPHERICAL VESSEL MADE OF THIN TRANSPARENT POLYMER FILM WHICH HAS A REFLECTIVE COATING ON THE LOWER HALF WHICH SERVES AS A SOLAR RADIATION CONCENTRATOR AND ALSOON AIR-COOLED CONDENSER. AN ABSORBER/VAPORIZER CONSISTING OF INORGANIC CAPILLARY WICKING MATERIAL WHICH IS SATURATED WITH RAW FEED WATER WILL BE ASSESSED AS PART OF THIS CONCEPT. FEEDSTACK TO BE PROCESSED INCLUDES WATER WHICH MAY CONTAIN SEA WATER LEVELS OF SALINITY, BRACKISH ALKALINES, TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT HARDNESS MINERALS, HIGH ORGANIC/BACTERIAL CONCENTRATIONS AND MUD AND SILT.