Open AccessResearch and development of the moisture separation system to extract water to meet the needs of people living in drought area
Author(s) -
Ly Cam Hung,
Le Van Lu,
Phan Đình Tuấn,
Le Anh
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.34154/2020-ejcc-0201-14-21/euraass
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , groundwater , environmental science , moisture , seawater , filtration (mathematics) , electricity , environmental engineering , water source , national grid , water content , adaptation (eye) , water resource management , engineering , geography , meteorology , mathematics , oceanography , statistics , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , electrical engineering , optics , physics , geology
In the context of global adaptation to climate change, the demandfor water, especially drinking water, becomes a serious issue that needs to be studied to find feasible and economical solutions. Many available technologies have been applied to produce drinking water such as filtration of groundwater or seawater. However, the implementation of these technologies is feasible or not depending on specific nature as well as socio-economic conditions. For the drought regions where there is no seawater and lack of groundwater, moisture separation technology becomesafeasible solution. A system to extract the water from moisture has been designed, fabricated and installed to provide 10 litersof drinking water per day. As the system operates; it can produce around 2.1 litersof drinking water per hour; and consume 1.8 kW of electricity. The system has been designed to be able to use two typesof power sources: one from solar energy (main source) and the other from the national grid (auxiliary source).