Reverse osmosis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Solar-powered RO==== A [[solar-powered desalination unit]] produces [[potable water]] from [[saline water]] by using a [[photovoltaic]] system to supply the energy. Solar power works well for water purification in settings lacking grid electricity and can reduce operating costs and [[greenhouse emissions]]. For example, a solar-powered desalination unit designed passed tests in [[Australia's]] [[Northern Territory]].<ref name=uow>{{cite web|url=http://media.uow.edu.au/news/2005/1104c/ |title=Award-winning Solar Powered Desalination Unit aims to solve Central Australian water problems |date=4 November 2005 |publisher=University of Wollongong |access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref> Sunlight's intermittent nature makes output prediction difficult without an energy storage capability. However batteries or [[thermal energy storage]] systems can provide power when the sun does not.<ref name="TES">[http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0306261911006696/1-s2.0-S0306261911006696-main.pdf?_tid=1afa88d0641c9bdee6495e5eec5cbc9c&acdnat=1335424299_1b6be246f1cf3e2adbbc38a26e965813 Low temperature desalination using solar collectors augmented by thermal energy storage]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page