%0 Journal Article
%A Isah, A.S.
%A Takaijudin, H.B.
%A Mahinder Singh, B.S.
%A Abubakar, U.A.
%A Mohammad, S.J.
%A Oladoyin abimbola, T.
%D 2023
%F scholars:18172
%J Journal of Cleaner Production
%K Cost benefit analysis; Cost estimating; Desalination; Distillation; Economic analysis; Quality control; Solar energy; Solar heating; Solar power generation; Water conservation; Water filtration; Water quality; Water supply, Performance; Photovoltaic systems; Pretreatment systems; Safe and sustainable water supply; Safe water; Solar desalination systems; Sustainable water supply; Water quality assessments; Water stress; Water stress region, Cost effectiveness
%R 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138528
%T Assessing the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system for water scarce regions
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/18172/
%V 421
%X Solar desalination is gaining increasing attention as a sustainable solution to address water scarcity in many regions. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of various aspects of solar desalination systems, including distillate quality, cost estimation, efficiency, and performance comparison. The research involved developing a photovoltaic-based solar desalination system and investigating its distillate quantity and quality, demonstrating its improvement over the conventional system (solar still which comprises a basin and a glass cover) and similar research. A pretreatment system was incorporated to produce a cleaner distillate over conventional solar stills. The results showed an improvement in distillate quantity from 4.7 L/m2 day to 19.7 L/m2 day, for the conventional and modified systems respectively. The pretreatment system enhances the distillate quality with a range of 10�55 in certain parameters. Cost estimation analysis revealed the distillate cost for the traditional and improved systems are 0.041 and 0.091 /L respectively. A comparison with other studies highlighted the remarkable efficiency of the present study with an average improvement of 30. It is recommended that future research should be focused on integrating pre-treatment systems, optimizing distillate cost, improving the performance of the conventional system, exploring efficiency enhancements, conducting comparative studies, performing techno-economic analysis, and scaling up. In conclusion, this work contributes to the understanding of desalination systems that use solar energy, their performance, and cost-effectiveness. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
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