Application of Solar Energy for Recovery of Water from Atmospheric Air in Climatic Zones of Saudi Arabia英文文献资料.docVIP

Natural Resources, 2011, 2, 8-17 doi:10.4236/nr.2011.21002 Published Online March 2011 (/journal/nr) Application of Solar Energy for Recovery of Water from Atmospheric Air in Climatic Zones of Saudi Arabia Ahmed M. Hamed , Ayman A. Aly , El-Shafei B. Zeidan 1,3 1,2 1,3 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Taif University, Taif, KSA; 2 Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; ing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. 3 Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Faculty of Engineer- E-mail: amhamed@ .eg, {ayman_aly,ezeidan2002}@ Received December 8 , 2010; revised January 18 , 2011; accepted January 25 , 2011. th th th ABSTRACT In the present work, an investigation on the application of solar energy to heat a sandy bed impregnated with calcium chloride for recovery of water from atmospheric air is presented. The study also aimed at evaluating the effects of dif- ferent parameters on the productivity of the system during regeneration. These parameters include system design char- acteristics and the climatic conditions. An experimental unit has been designed and installed for this purpose in cli- matic conditions of Taif area, Saudi Arabia. The experimental unit which has a surface area of 0.5 m , comprises a so- 2 lar/desiccant collector unit containing sandy bed impregnated with calcium chloride. The sandy layer impregnated with desiccant is subjected to ambient atmosphere to absorb water vapor in the night. During the sunshine period, the layer is covered with glass layer where desiccant is regenerated and water vapor is condensed on the glass surface. Ambient temperature, bed temperature and temperature of glass surface ar