Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Water Purification System

Abstract

Fluoride contaminated water has become a major concern in many regions. In the present work a hybrid water purifier has been developed in order to enhance daily distillate and for delivery of fluoride free water. Two sources namely biomass/biogas and solar energy is used to heat and hence evaporate the water. Evaporated water vapour is condensed before it is collected as distillate. Performance of the water purifier was carried out at 5 (five) different water volumes (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 litres) and at different quantities of fuel burning (2, 3, 3.5 and 5 kg) and solar radiation. Based on the experiment, it has been observed that maximum distillate of 5.5 litre has been observed in 4 hours for water volume of 10 litres. The performance of the hybrid is found to be enhanced with the incorporation of condenser