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Distillation unit design powered by electricity generated from a photovoltaic system
Mahmuddin F.
Aip Conference Proceedings
Abstract
A photovoltaic system can be utilized for many purposes. In the present study, the photovoltaic system is used to produce electricity to power the distillation unit. A distillation unit is an equipment that converts seawater into fresh water. Distillation units are important to be used by fishermen to help them to produce fresh water from seawater when fishing at sea. This study aims to produce a prototype of a distillation unit by utilizing electricity from a photovoltaic system and to test the performance of the prototype in producing fresh water. In this study, the solar panel power used in the experiment was 80WP and 100WP. The electricity from the panels was used to heat the elements in the distillation unit prototype to distill seawater, which will later be used to produce the freshwater needed by fishermen at sea so they no longer need to carry fresh water when fishing. From the experiment, it was found that the highest efficiency of 80W solar panels was 12.813 %, while the highest efficiency of 100 W solar panels was 8.610%. the 9-hour experiment could produce approximately 120 ml of distilled water.