Experimental Performance of Single-Slope Basin Solar Still Coupled with a Humidification–Dehumidification Cycle

Ahmed Ghazy () and Raid Alrowais
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Ahmed Ghazy: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
Raid Alrowais: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-13

Abstract: Despite their low distillate yield, single-slope basin solar stills incorporate a simple and cheap technique to secure potable water in arid and rural areas away from fresh water resources and the power grid. Nevertheless, recovering a portion of the inevitable thermal losses from the still will significantly contribute to enhancing its daily distillate productivity and thermal performance. In this manuscript, the latent heat of condensation in single-slope basin solar still was partially recovered and utilized as the thermal energy source for an auxiliary humidification–dehumidification (HDH) distillation cycle. The thermal performance of the resultant SS-HDH distiller was experimentally tested side by side with a separate single-slope basin still of the same basin area. The results showed an increase of about 2 L/m 2 in the daily distillate production of the SS-HDH distiller over that of the conventional single-slope basin still. In addition, the thermal efficiency of the SS-HDH distiller was 57% greater than that of the conventional single-slope basin still.

Keywords: solar desalination; solar still; humidification–dehumidification; experimental performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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