Direct solar desalination with atomized droplets and heat recovery

A portable direct solar desalination system, comprising:

• a solar receiver and evaporator chamber comprising at least one inlet port for water, at least one inlet port for air, and at least one outlet port for air;
• an ultrasonic atomizer positioned within the solar receiver and evaporator chamber for generating atomized droplets inside the solar receiver and evaporator chamber, the solar receiver and evaporator chamber being a solar receiver and solar evaporator combined in a single unit for direct solar energy capturing and evaporation;
• wherein air flows into the solar receiver and evaporator chamber via the at least one inlet port for air, thereby carrying atomized droplets and forming an air-droplet mixture, through the solar receiver and evaporator chamber, wherein entrained droplets of the air-droplet mixture are exposed to solar radiation passing into the solar receiver and evaporator chamber, which enables the atomized droplets to directly capture incident solar radiation, leading to droplets evaporation,
• thereby supplying humidified air into a condenser chamber for condensing water vapor collected from the solar receiver and evaporator chamber into liquid and producing pure distilled water, and
• wherein the ultrasonic atomizer comprises a plurality of ultrasonic atomizers configured to be immersed in a body of seawater within the solar receiver and evaporator chamber.