Solar Desalination Using a Fresnel Lens Alison McKenery, Kaylee Chan, and Thomas Moore
May 11, 2021
Lack of access to clean drinking water is an immediate issue that needs to be addressed. Our goal was to build a cost-effective and efficient solar desalination model that can bring clean drinking water to families in need. For our solution, we devised a blueprint of our portable solar desalination model, estimated an idealistic water production rate for a family of four-five, tested and gathered hard data on water purification under fresnel lens, and evaluated if our small-scale fresnel lens desalination model can effectively produce a substantial amount of drinking water for families in need.