Instrumentation and Control Design for a Solar Powered Reverse Osmosis Desalination System for a Community in Pakistan

Iqbal, Tariq and Uddin, Sheikh Usman (2022) Instrumentation and Control Design for a Solar Powered Reverse Osmosis Desalination System for a Community in Pakistan. In: 31st Annual Newfoundland Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference (NECEC), November 15, 2022, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Accessibility of fresh water is the biggest challenge of today’s world. In order to meet the increasing demand of clean water without impacting the environment renewable energy needs to be integrated with reverse osmosis (RO) system to provide a clean drinking water system. This paper provides system design which includes selection of renewable energy system, reverse osmosis system and control system that can be integrated together to form a complete clean drinking water system. This paper further provides an elaborative instrumentation system design system that will fulfill the needs of water for a community in Pakistan. Furthermore, control system strategy is discussed to ensure that all process parameters are measured that will enable the system to work at its required capacity. Lastly, the hardware prototype setup designed in the lab is discussed to measure process parameters and ensure the system is fulfilling the operational and control requirements.

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