Benha University

Mahmoud Ahmed Ahmed Hassan Sharaf Eldin

Lecturer

Faculty of Engineering, Shoubra Mechanical Engineering

Investigation of the Performance and Use of a Solar Cell Integrated with a Reverse-Osmosis Water-Desalination System

Energies • 2024
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Authors Rayed S Alshareef, Bandar Awadh Almohammadi, Hassanein A Refaey, Mohammed Farhan, Mahmoud A Sharafeldin
Keywords solar cell; reverse osmosis; electrical efficiency; desalination
Journal Energies
Publisher MDPI
Volume 17
Issue 16
Pages 4010
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
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Abstract
One of the most affordable and readily available energy sources is solar energy. Humanity is in danger due to the lack of freshwater. Finding novel approaches to these issues that make use of solar energy has grown in popularity as a research area. The previous work presented was made to cool solar cells to increase their performance. The reverse-osmosis system is then fed by the cooling water. This study investigated the ideal conditions for cooling water fed into a reverse-osmosis system. Two identical solar cells were used for the current experiments. Water was used to cool one of the two cells. Measurements were made of the cell surface temperature, output voltage, current, and power. It was calculated to find the electrical efficiency of both cooled and uncooled cells. The cooled cell produced a maximum power of 6.75 W, according to the results. At 1:00 p.m., the gain power reached its maximum. The greatest efficiency gain, 50.2%, was observed at 4:00 p.m. Throughout the work that was presented, there was an 8% decrease in cell surface temperature. The water application value engine (WAVE) was used to simulate a reverse-osmosis system. The program’s findings demonstrated that energy consumption dropped as feed water temperature rose. The findings of a case study conducted in a real water-desalination plant were confirmed.
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