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Portable Desalination Unit

Published on May 02, 2022
Current Context: Researchers at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a Portable Desalination kit.
Portable Desalination Unit
  • Based on Ion Concentration Polarization technology, the researchers at the biophysics laboratory have developed a Portable Desalination Unit that can turn the oceanic water into potable water.
  • Professor Jongyoon Han of the electrical engineering wing and his team achieved this feat which will transform coastal tourism and help evolve similar sustainable solutions.
  • The unit costs 50 USD, which is very much affordable. The kit uses ion concentration polarization to remove the impurities along with pathogens by creating an electric field.

Question:

Q.1 Which institute has developed a portable desalination unit, that can convert ocean water into potable water?
a. IIT Delhi
b. IIT Madras
c. IMD Pune
d. MIT
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