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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email: khaled.alaribe@adu.ac.ae
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Deputy Director, Solar Energy Research Institute, National University of Malaysia
The photo-thermal based seawater desalination system is an integrated system consisting of three major units: the Solar concentrator with its evaporator, the Condenser, and the Rectifier. The Solar Concentrator focuses incident solar radiation onto a focal point, concentrating the energy and increasing its heating capability. The seawater, passing through this focal point in a pipe absorbs a part of the generated heat and begins to evaporate. The evaporation process produces a mixture of vapor and salty liquid within the heating pipe. This two-phase fluid flows to a rectifier, which separates the vapor and directs it to a condenser. The condensed fresh water is collected, while the remaining salty liquid is returned to the reservoir. These processes occur simultaneously in real time, enabling continuous desalination.
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