Development of a Village-Scale, Solar-Powered Reverse Osmosis System

This paper details the development of a photovoltaic reverse osmosis water desalination system for a groundwater well in Bercy, Haiti. The well was constructed to provide potable drinking and agricultural water for the 300-person community. However, its water has a salinity level of 5,290 ppm, rende...

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Main Authors: Buresh, Christopher (Author), Vander Werff, Annie (Author), Bian, David W. (Contributor), Sokol, Julia Alexandrovna (Contributor), Yun, Janet Hongsun (Contributor), Mascarenhas, Craig Anthony (Contributor), Emeghara, Chinasa (Contributor), Watson, Sterling M. (Contributor), Wright, Natasha Catherine (Contributor), Winter, Amos G. (Contributor)
Other Authors: MIT-SUTD Collaboration (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ASME International, 2019-03-07T13:24:59Z.
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