With summer temperatures soaring, the specter of water scarcity looms large. As a possible solution to increase the availability of clean, potable water, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a novel thermal desalination system which can work using solar energy.
The most common methods for desalination are membrane-based reverse osmosis and thermal desalination. However, both consume a lot of energy.
Thermal desalination systems work by heating saltwater and then condensing the resulting vapor to obtain freshwater.
