Paper Key : IRJ************617
Author: Prof. A. D. Zope,Amogh Vaidya,Chinmay Limaye,Malhar Jagtap
Date Published: 21 Mar 2025
Abstract
In the recent times, the society as a whole is facing rising concerns about water scarcity and environment sustainability. Washing machines have become a part of our day-to-day life, to provide clean clothing for everyday use. However, they consume a significant amount of water to do so. According to our preliminary findings, most households tend to use top loading washing machines, which on an average consume about 100 liters of water per load. We aim to recycle the outlet water and thus reduce the water required to flush out the chemical detergents. This is to be done by evaluating the following parameters: pH, temperature, TDS, TSS, turbidity, colour, total hardness of the outlet water against freshwater. The water is to be recycled in an energy efficient and cost-effective method. We did a study of various water purification methods. We aim to use solar energy to carry out evaporative distillation for recycling the waste water. This is because the solar energy is a renewable energy resource which is abundantly available at earths surface. As per studies, the solar insolation; that is solar radiation available at earths surface, is around 21.6 MJm2 on a regular day. Thus, we aim to design a system using solar energy to recycle the wastewater.
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