- Scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, have developed a water purifying technology that can be driven either by solar or wind power and desalinates contaminated water while simultaneously removing toxic elements, pathogens and turbidity.
- To treat water, electricity will be locally produced from sunlight. Water purification itself takes place by the pressure-driven, membrane-based process of reverse osmosis.
- The domestic unit is small, portable, has no battery and can serve the drinking and cooking requirements of five families daily and has the capacity of producing 10 litres per hour
- A larger community unit, which runs on 16 PV panels, can cater to the needs of a village with over 100 families and has the capacity to clean 250 litres of water per hour
Saturday, February 4, 2012
BARC develops low-cost solar water purifier
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