On fuzzy logic control of PV/T based reverse Osmosis desalination plant

Author

Ammous, Mahmoud ; Yahyaoui, Imene ; Harb, Ahmad ; Chaabene, Maher

Author_Institution

Univ. of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

fYear

2015

fDate

24-26 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Reverse Osmosis desalination process supplied by Photovoltaic Thermal collectors presents a practical method for water desalination [1]. It is shown that the control of the circulated fluid rate ameliorates the system productivity. Photovoltaic Thermal collector combines between heat and electric energy production. In addition, the fluid flow rate variation inside the collector ducts decreases photovoltaic cells temperature. Feed water temperature is increased by the produced heat in order to improve the Reverse Osmosis unit productivity. The system control serves also to prevent overheating Photovoltaic cells and stored water in the boiler. In this paper, a Fuzzy Logic Controller is designed to achieve these objectives. The controller effectiveness is validated using LABVIEW.

Keywords

boilers; desalination; fuzzy control; reverse osmosis; solar absorber-convertors; LABVIEW; PV/T technology; boiler; electric energy production; feed water temperature; fluid flow rate variation; fuzzy logic control; photovoltaic cells temperature; photovoltaic thermal collectors; photovoltaic thermal technology; reverse osmosis desalination plant; water desalination; Desalination; Electron tubes; Fluids; Fuzzy logic; Photovoltaic systems; Reverse osmosis; Water heating; Control; Fuzzy Logic Controller; PVIT collector; Reverse Osmosis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), 2015 6th International

Conference_Location

Sousse

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IREC.2015.7110904

Filename

7110904