Research Topic

The importance of pure water in the society cannot be over-emphasized. If water is purified using renewable energy, the process would be affordable and can be implemented on a large scale. Several researchers have proposed a solar still in this context wherein impure water is evaporated using solar energy and the condensate is collected as the process output. Solar still has several advantages including simplicity but has a poor water collection rate on a per unit area basis. Membrane distillation processes have been used in the separation industry and can be considered as an enhancement step for solar stills.