Investigation of silica gel performance on potable water harvesting from ambient air using a rotatable apparatus with a solar tracking system
Yazarlar (3)
Mohammed Oral Alhurmuzi
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Merdin DANIŞMAZ Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Omer Adil Zainal
University Of Kirkuk, Irak
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Desalination and Water Treatment (Q4)
Dergi ISSN 1944-3994 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 08-2023
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 304 / 1 / 12–24 DOI 10.5004/dwt.2023.29801
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2023.29801
Özet
Over the last century, the scarcity of clean water has emerged as a critical global issue. The changing climate and many other factors have severely strained the world’s water resources. As a result, much research has been conducted to find various methods to supply clean water, like water generation from atmospheric air. Many studies have been done in this field, but there is still a need for further developments to enhance the water generation process. So, in the current study, a single-slope apparatus was designed and constructed to study potable water collection from the atmospheric air. The experiments were done in Kirkuk, Iraq (35.4666°N and 44.3799°E). Blue silica gel beads were used as a desiccant material, and solar intensity as a heating source. The process consists of adsorbing moisture at nighttime, regenerating the moisture and condensing the vapour to generate water droplets in the daytime. The …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Adsorption/regeneration | Silica gel | Solar energy | Solar tracking system | Water from the air