Micro-Scale Desalination System Utilizing Distributed Generation Alternative Sources

With the ever-growing need for fresh water, a portable desalination system that can create drinking water from brackish and salt water. So, the paper proposes implementing micro-scale desalination system utilizing clean energy sources. Reverse osmosis is a common technique used to desalinate water. In small scale systems it is a preferred method because of the minimal amounts of energy that are needed to power the system. For this paper, wind and solar energy are used to supply power to the system. This power is used to power a pump which will push the water through the filter, all of which is automated based off of the weight of the tank.