The Mechanical Engineering Department held a final defense for its graduate student, Mr. Hussan Abdul-Ameer Matrood. The thesis title is “ Experimental Study of Water Desalination System Using Solar Energy and Phase Change Materials”. The student explained via his experimental and numerical analyses how the research is important for the water desalination utilizing new techniques that are not introduced previously. Also, the compositions of the phase change materials have not been used.
He added that the core point is that theses phase change materials are able to store thermal energy for considerable amount of time that can be used at night when the sun is absent. This can extended the working time for the water desalination system.
The experimental findings showed that the new desalination system is better than the conventional ones since it can store energy longer and contains features, such as large condensation surface areas and big sun rays absorption, which are not found in other systems. The study also explains the essential advantages of using such systems. The best mass flow rate was one liter per second. The new system can give more extra hours ( from 3 to 4) to desalinate water. The percentage increase is improved from 45 to 90% which is considered high compared to those found in the literature.
The defense committee includes Dr. Zena Khalifa Kadham, Asst. Prof. Dr. Hayder Kadham and Asst. Prof. Dr. Fadhal Noor-Aldain, as well as the two thesis advisors ( defense committee chairs) who are Prof. Abbas Sahy and Asst. Prof. Dr. Hayder Kurjy. The thesis has been accpected for the college and the thesis has given A+ score. The student has been awarded the master degree.
