A salt-rejecting floating solar still for low-cost desalination

2018907 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

George Ni · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Seyed Hadi Zandavi · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Seyyed Morteza Javid · Toronto Public Health

Svetlana V. Boriskina · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thomas Cooper · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gang Chen · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract

A floating, low-cost solar desalination system was constructed, capable of simultaneous salt rejection and heat localization for continuous operation.

Topics & Keywords

Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods Membrane Separation Technologies Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Energy & Environmental Science

Volume 11, Issue 6, pp. 1510-1519

DOI: 10.1039/c8ee00220g

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