SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2004.086 2004.086 Solar reverse-osmosis desalination plant (SRODP) using PV MuñozF. WolpertJ. AbregoJ Instituto de Ingeniería, UNAM Ciudad Universitaria Coyoacán 04510, Mexico D.F. MEXICO 28062004 3 978-1-995850-06-1 1 4 28 June 2004 © 2004 Copyright WSSET 2004

This paper describes a solar desalination system using a PV array of 260 modules with a 28kW capacity. Solar energy would be the power source to run an inverse-osmosis desalination plant (SRODP) with waste-energy recovery. The system proposed could provide 1.39kg/s worth of drinking water. It is proposed the SRODP operates in the region between Loreto and Santa Lucia, Baja California Sur, Mexico due to the region’s tourist and commercial potential and given its present potable water scarcity situation. In addition the region presents high solar irradiance incidence. An overall investment estimate for the SRODP described is 20,000USD with an annual operating cost of 500USD

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