SHRI RAMDEOBABA COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

Project Seminar on
Design and Testing of Portable Solar Powered Desalinator for
Drinking Water

Project Guide SUBMITTED BY:

Prof. S.S. Deshmukh Pratik Chourasia (41)
Pulin Soni (42)
Rahul Gandhi (43)
Rohan Kolakar(50)
Shivanshu Yadav(55)

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Suggestion

1. Case Study referring to INDIAN scenario.

Fig 1. GHI for Annual Avg. of 10 years (2007- Fig 2. Water Stress Region in India
2016)
Suggestion

2. Definition of Input and Output for the process

Input Water Characteristics

Table 1. Water Analysis For Koradi Lake ( Source: Mr. Rahul Vyawhare et. al. Evaluation of Siltation
and Analysis of Water Samples for Koradi Lake ,IOSR Journal,2015)
Output Water Characteristics- Safe Drinking Water Guidelines
(IS 10500)

Table 2. Drinking Water Guidelines by BIS

Suggestion

3. Proper System design with Specifications

Solar Powered Desalination System

PV
Module
Cooling Vessel
O/P Water

Heating Vessel with

Feed Water Air Pump

CC
Battery

Fig 3. Line Diagram for Proposed Solar Powered Desalination System

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1. PV system configuration

Fig 4. PV powered System Configuration Diagram

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Calculations for Solar PV Heating System-
• Load running on the system- 50W heater for 4 hours
• Hence total Whr on system = 200Whr

• Battery Size for Such System = 200/24 = 8.33 Ahr

• But only 60% of the charge stored can be used. Hence, actual capacity
= 8.33/0.6 = 13.8 Ahr

• Daily energy to be supplied by the PV module = 200Whr

• Daily avg. Solar Insolation = 5.5 Kwh/m2/day
• Thus, Total PV Module wattage required = 200 / 5.5 = 36.36 Watts

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Component Description
PV Module –
SKU SO.PO.1639887

Type of Product Monocrystalline Solar Panel

Voltage at Pmax ( V) 17.3V

Module Voltage 12 V

Number of Cells 36

Cell Efficiency 0.196

Watt 100 - 150 Watt

Short Circuit Current 6.6A

Open Circuit Voltage 21.6V

Power Rating 110W

Solar Charge Controller-
Rated Charge/Discharge Current:
Rated Voltage:
Max. Solar Input:
Boost Charge Voltage:
Float Charge Voltage:
Discharge Stop Voltage:
Discharge Reconnect Voltage:
Charge Reconnect Voltage:
10A / 20A(Optional)
12V/24V Auto
23V(12V System); 46V(24V System)
14.4V(12V System); 28.8V(24V System)
13.7V Adjustable(12V System); 27.4V Adjustable(24V System)
10.7V Adjustable(12V System); 21.4V Adjustable(24V System)
12.6V Adjustable(12V System); 25.2V Adjustable(24V System)
13V(12V System); 26V(24V System)
Performance of 110W 12V Solar Panel
• Testing Equipments –
1. Temperature -
Infrared Pyrometer MTX29 ( -50⁰C to +550⁰C )

2. Voltage and Current -

Multimeter DT9205A

3. Solar Irradiation -
Pyranometer with handheld digital meter MP-200
Experiment Results for Tilt Angle 69⁰ for PV Panel
Time Temp at Temp at Output Output Power (Watt) Solar
TOP (⁰C) BOTTOM voltage Current (A) Irradiation(W/m2)
(⁰C ) (V)
10:00 AM 51.0 54.3 12.61 3.49 44 710
11:00 AM 55.8 65.1 12.46 4.24 52.93 810
12:00 62.5 71.4 13.04 5.39 70.4 927
1:00 PM 68.0 72.5 13.72 5.45 74.8 875
2:00 PM 51.5 66.5 14.4 4.73 68.2 750
3:00 PM 56.3 60.8 14.9 4.28 63.8 563
4:00 PM 49.8 52.3 15.4 3.78 58.3 492
5:00 PM 43.6 46.7 15.6 2.47 38.5 416

Table 3. Observation Table for PV Panel Power Output

Total Power produced by the Panel in a day is equal to Σpower = 470.93 Watts
2. Selection of Heater -

Table 4. Comparison of various Heating Elements

 Fig 5. Cartridge Heater Fig 6. Peltier Module

Fig 7. Bosch Glow Plug

3. Selection of Cooling Mechanism
Available Methods –
a. Peltier or Thermo Electric Cooling
b. Use of Condenser Coil

Selected – Condenser Coil from a refrigerator because easily available

and prevents burden on Solar Panel.
Cooling Mechanism

Condenser Coil

Frame to Support
Coil and Heating
Vessel

Inlet connecting
Heating Vessel to
Coil
Fig 8. Cooling setup FV image
 Condenser Coil

Condenser outlet
Pressure vessel

Coupling connecting
vessel to condenser
coil

Fig 9. SV showing the Pressure Vessel

References
1. World Health Organization, Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality, 3rd ed., vol. 1, World Health
Organization, Geneva, 2011.
2. Mr. Rahul V. Vyawahare, Mr. M.P. Bhorkar, Dr. V.P. Thergaonkar, Evaluation of Siltation and Analysis of
Water Samples for Koradi Lake, IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering,June 2015
3. M.M. Morad, Hend A.M. El-Maghawry, Kamal I. Wasfy, 2017,A developed solar-powered desalination
system for enhancing fresh water productivity, Journal of Solar Energy, ZagaZig University,Egypt.
4. John H. Lienhard ,Guillermo Zaragoza, Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy, Room 3-162, Department
of Mechanical Engineering,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge,
Massachusetts,02139-4307, USA.
5. S. Satcunanathan and H. P. Hanses, An investigation of some of the parameters involved in solar distillation,
Solar Energy, 14:353–363, 1973.
6. Mostafa H. Sharqawya, John H. Lienhard Va,*, Syed M. Zubairb, Thermophysical properties of seawater: a
review of existing correlations and data,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA
7. Solar Photovoltaic Tech. & systems , C.S. Solanki

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