Scientists at South Ural State University (SUSU) have created and patented the world's first computer program that allows desalination of sea and ground water. This uses the heat generated by solar panels.
Olga Kornyakova, a lecturer at the Department of Industrial Thermal Power Engineering, said that the program will be especially useful for factories that are engaged in chemical water treatment.
We have solved the problem associated with heat generation from a solar panel installation. We are talking about the so-called waste heat. We have written, successfully tested and patented the world's first computer program that allows this waste heat to be used to purify sea and ground water with a special device.
According to her, the university had previously patented a device for cleaning sea and ground water, which runs on electricity generated by solar panels. Kornyakova explained that if solar panels used to heat up during operation, now they will be equipped with special heating elements. Thanks to this, excess heat will be removed.
The new computer program independently takes all digital values from these heating elements, calculates the temperature, and displays the temperature readings of the heated water. This allows the waste heat of the solar battery to be used in the technological chain of the desalination plant, and this heat can now also be used to heat any heat transfer fluids.
The lecturer said that the program is written in Python and can be easily used without special knowledge.
