Design and Economic Analysis of Solar Powered Drinking Water Reverse Osmosis Desalination System for a Community in Pakistan

With the advancement of technology and increase in world”s population, the demand for the consumption of fresh drinking water has increased worldwide. The world is also facing climate change due to excessive emissions in the atmosphere from the conventional power generating stations. Utilization of clean energy sources for purification of water is the need of today”s world. This paper focuses on explaining the water shortage situation in Pakistan and elaborates a design for a solar powered drinking water reverse osmosis system for a community in Pakistan using the HOMER Pro software. It further utilizes the optimization feature of HOMER Pro software to carry out economic analysis of the system to provide the most economical system design.