Techno-Economical Evaluation of a Solar Desalination System for Irrigation Purposes (Case Study on Greenhouse Bell Pepper) | ||||
| Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2019, Page 139-146 PDF (1.11 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2019.36693 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| A. Alzoheiry1; S. Hemeda2 | ||||
| 1Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, City of Damanhour, Egypt Department of Plant Production and Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University | ||||
| 2Agric. Eng. Res. Inst., Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A method was proposed to predict the performance of a solar powered desalination unit used to provide water for a drip irrigation system to grow bell pepper under greenhouse conditions, and evaluate the economical prospective of such system. The results showed that the method could be used successfully to predict the performance of the desalination unit. The results indicated a strong correlation between the predicted and the measured values with a R2 value of 0.96. The water use efficiency (WUE) value was 8.2 kg/m3 and the final product unit added cost was 17.1 LE/kg. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Greenhouse Evapotranspiration; Solar Radiation; Desalination; cost | ||||
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