Improving anti-salt crystallisation for solar-steam desalination

提高太阳能蒸汽淡化的抗盐结晶能力

• 批准号: FT190100485
• 负责人: Prof Haolan Xu
• 金额: $ 62.63万
• 依托单位: University of South Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT190100485
• 关键词: Improving; anti; salt; crystallisation; solar

This project aims to solve a critical issue of solar-steam desalination by fundamental research. The solar-steam desalination technology offers an ideal strategy to utilize solar light as the energy source for desalination and water purification to produce affordable clean water. Photothermal materials play a key role in the desalination system to convert sunlight to heat and subsequently evaporate the saline water to generate steam as clean water. However, salt crystallization on the photothermal material surfaces severely limits the performance of the materials and clean water production. Solving this problem could accelerate the commercialisation and application of this technology, which will benefit millions of people worldwide.

本项目旨在通过基础研究解决太阳能-蒸汽海水淡化的关键问题。太阳能-蒸汽脱盐技术提供了一种理想的策略，利用太阳光作为脱盐和水净化的能源，以生产负担得起的清洁水。光热材料在脱盐系统中起着关键作用，将阳光转化为热量，随后蒸发盐水以产生蒸汽作为清洁水。然而，光热材料表面的盐结晶严重限制了材料的性能和清洁水的生产。解决这个问题可以加速这项技术的商业化和应用，这将使全球数百万人受益。