Vivar, M. and Fuentes, M. and García-Pacheco, R. and De Bustamante, I. (2013) Clean water photovoltaic sensor for solar disinfection in developing countries. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 117. pp. 549-563.
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One of the limitations for the widespread use of solar water disinfection Technologies in developing regions is the lack of low-cost clean water sensors. A new type of low-cost sensors using photovoltaic solar cells that provide information about received irradiance, temperature, UV irradiance and sunshine duration is presented. A key aspecto of the design is the UV irradiance measurement. Two identical cells are used, one of them with a low-cost UV-blocking filter on top, so the total UV irradiance can be calculated as the difference between the two solar cells out puts. The first cell would be measuring UV–vis–NIR and the second Orly vis–NIR. TheUV filter material was explored and a low-cost architectural film was selected. Materials costs for the first prototype were of approximately 4€ excluding labour. Initial testing also included experiments with real polluted water and Escherichia coli, showing the feasibility of the new design.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Low cost; Photovoltaic; SODIS; solar water disinfection; Sunshine duration; UV |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QR Microbiology T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| Depositing User: | Users 18 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2013 07:54 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2015 11:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imdea-agua.org:13000/id/eprint/316 |
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