Mayere, Abdulkarim (2011) Solar powered desalination. PhD
thesis, University of Nottingham. Despite water being apparently
abundant, up to half of the world’s population is faced with
water crises which is growing at an alarming rate most
especially in developing countries such as African countries
where both physical and economic water scarcities prevail. Thus
with the abundant salty water and solar intensity in the regions
or seasons when water is mostly scarce, solar powered
desalination presents an attractive and promising solution
towards availability of clean water. A unique and simple solar
desalination system has been developed. The system which based
on humidification/dehumidification process is a low cost
solution and very competitive with conventional desalination
systems. It can be used to provide clean water to the over one
billion population who have no access or have water shortages
which threaten their health and economies. The developed solar
desalination system consists of a purposely design