Authors:
A. Hamine
;
B. Faiz
;
H. Idrissi Azami
and
El. Ouacha
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Metrology and Information Processing, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University. Agadir, Morocco., Morocco
Keyword(s):
Solar desalination, solar energy application, desalination prototype, water treatment technologies
Abstract:
Southern Morocco is considered a water-scarce area, with many cities having limited access to water. Water quality is an additional stress affecting the available water supply. In these semi-arid to arid regions of our country, there is a significant saline load in groundwater. The treatment of these water sources at potable levels requires desalination. The desalinization of water by solar energy seems to be the most appropriate technical means to solve the global problem of the shortage of fresh water in the arid and sub-Saharan zones. This technique will provide a new source of irrigation and supply, particularly in those countries far from the ocean and experiencing significant water stress. This work presents the preliminary results of an autonomous prototype of desalination assisted by solar energy. This article aims to realize and study an autonomous prototype of small-scale desalination and subsequently the feasibility and development of another prototype of large-scale solar
desalination. Finally, the preliminary results obtained by this prototype are encouraging and will allow us to consider a large-scale prototype that can be compared to technologies based on other sources of energy, from a point of view, cost range, expected and actual production of supply water.
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