Comparative study on double slope solar still using different absorber basin tray materials
| Author(s) | : | S. Karthikeyan, Dr. N. Alagumurthi |
| Institution | : | Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 2 — February 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 228-232 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Increase in population and depletion of water resources by livelihood and exploitation for industrial andother process requirements necessitates purification and recycling of contaminated water as a conservative measureapart from desalination. Solar still is a simple device used for converting water from such sources into pure one. Theperformance and distillate production of a solar still is influenced significantly by various parameters like intensity ofsolar radiation, temperature difference between surface water and glass cover plate, collector area, water depth, glassthickness and insulation. In this research, various absorber basin trays made up of Copper, Aluminium, Stainless Steeland Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) have been used in the double slope solar still. This experimental analysis hasbeen carried out to harness the maximum solar energy inorder to yield higher distillate output. Solar still with Copperbasin tray exhibited a better performance than the others. The results of solar still with GFRP basin tray is comparableto that of the others and thus shall be employed by modifying and improving the design of solar still by taking intoaccount its life and ease of maintenance.
S. Karthikeyan, Dr. N. Alagumurthi, “Comparative study on double slope solar still using different absorber basin tray materials”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 228-232, February 2018.
