Improving the yield of simple basin solar stills as assisted by passively cooled condensers

A.A. Fatani, G.M. Zaki and A. Al-Turki

Renewable Energy, 1994, vol. 4, issue 4, 377-386

Abstract: The performance of a simple solar still assisted by a passively cooled condenser is modeled and investigated both analytically and experimentally. The present analysis, based on actual meteorological data, shows that the yield improvement depends upon the heat removal rate by the condenser and brine depth that determines the thermal inertia of the still. For a still with negligible thermal storing capacity (brine depth approaches zero) an auxilliary condensing surface reduces the daily yield. The yield improves for stills with brine depth up to 5 cm, and increasing the condensing area helps to remove the vapor from the still and hence improves the productivity.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90044-2

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