TY - GEN
T1 - Determining the reliability of passive solar distillation basins and predicting the proper storage volume to meet year-round potable water demand
AU - Santos, Noe
AU - James, Dave
AU - Said, Aly
AU - Venkatesh, Nanda
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A study has been performed to evaluate and model the reliability of passive solar distillation systems consisting of distillation basins and water storage tanks. The genetic algorithm (GA) optimization method was used to optimize several objective functions to accurately predict daily production from local weather data. The best objective function was capable of predicting daily production with a mean absolute error as low as 11%. A system dynamics model (SDM) was created to forecast daily production and reservoir storage volume. The SDM indicated a minimum basin area requirement of 1.25 m2/per capita in order to meet daily water demand over the five year period for the latitude and weather of the Mojave Desert. The SDM also indicated that a storage volume of 600 L per capita would be sufficient to buffer both weather related, daily, and seasonal climate variations in distillate production and to provide a reliable year-round supply.
AB - A study has been performed to evaluate and model the reliability of passive solar distillation systems consisting of distillation basins and water storage tanks. The genetic algorithm (GA) optimization method was used to optimize several objective functions to accurately predict daily production from local weather data. The best objective function was capable of predicting daily production with a mean absolute error as low as 11%. A system dynamics model (SDM) was created to forecast daily production and reservoir storage volume. The SDM indicated a minimum basin area requirement of 1.25 m2/per capita in order to meet daily water demand over the five year period for the latitude and weather of the Mojave Desert. The SDM also indicated that a storage volume of 600 L per capita would be sufficient to buffer both weather related, daily, and seasonal climate variations in distillate production and to provide a reliable year-round supply.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84871600770
SN - 9781622760923
T3 - World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conferen
SP - 242
EP - 248
BT - World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conference
T2 - World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conference
Y2 - 13 May 2012 through 17 May 2012
ER -
