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Preliminary Field Test Results From a Photovoltaic Electrodialysis Brackish Water Desalination System in Rural India

dc.contributor.authorHe, Wei
dc.contributor.authorWright, Natasha Catherine
dc.contributor.authorAmrose, Susan Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorBuonassisi, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Ian Marius
dc.contributor.authorWinter, Amos G.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-15T15:17:48Z
dc.date.available2019-01-15T15:17:48Z
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-7918-5176-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120050
dc.description.abstractBrackish water desalination is crucial to meet basic drinking water needs in rural India. Solar photovoltaic powered electrodialysis (PV-ED) has been justified as a more cost-effective solution than the current dominant reverse osmosis approach for off-grid systems. This paper presents preliminary results from an ongoing field pilot of a village-scale PV-ED system in Chelluru, which is a small village in South India. System performance is compared to predictions of a PV-ED parametric model of local solar irradiance, ED system parameters, power systems parameters, water storage, and cost, validating the model over a single-batch ED operation. An ~88% “solar-to-treated water” conversion efficiency was achieved in a typical ED batch operation, using 2.47±0.27 kWh/m[superscript 3] for brackish desalination in the village. This paper also discusses the difficulties and local constraints encountered during the initial field testing and analyzes system performance in the context of local constraints and availability. Topics: Wateren_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMIT Energy Initiativeen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTata Projects Ltd.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Bureau of Reclamationen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineersen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1115/DETC2018-86183en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceASMEen_US
dc.titlePreliminary Field Test Results From a Photovoltaic Electrodialysis Brackish Water Desalination System in Rural Indiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationHe, Wei, Natasha C. Wright, Susan Amrose, Tonio Buonassisi, Ian Marius Peters, and Amos G. Winter. “Preliminary Field Test Results From a Photovoltaic Electrodialysis Brackish Water Desalination System in Rural India.” Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 26-29 August , 2018, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, ASME, 2018. © 2018 ASMEen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorHe, Wei
dc.contributor.mitauthorWright, Natasha Catherine
dc.contributor.mitauthorAmrose, Susan Elizabeth
dc.contributor.mitauthorBuonassisi, Anthony
dc.contributor.mitauthorPeters, Ian Marius
dc.contributor.mitauthorWinter, Amos G.
dc.relation.journalProceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conferenceen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaperen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/NonPeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2019-01-11T16:33:13Z
dspace.orderedauthorsHe, Wei; Wright, Natasha C.; Amrose, Susan; Buonassisi, Tonio; Peters, Ian Marius; Winter, Amos G.en_US
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dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3687-188X
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-4937
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-0889
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US


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