Comparative Study of Simple Passive Solar Still with and without Multilayer Absorber Plate: An Experimental Approach
| Author(s) | : | Palak Patel, J.D.Patel, U.R.Soni |
| Institution | : | M.E Thermal Student at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Piludara, Gujarat, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 1, Issue 3 — March 2014 |
| Page No. | : | 160-167 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
This Paper presents a new approach to enhance the productivity of a simple Passive Solar Still byintroducing additional Multilayer absorber Plate at the basin of Solar Still. Simple Passive Solar Still withMultilayer Absorber Plate is fabricated and tested at Mehsana (Latitude: 23.60 N and Longitude: 72.400E),Gujarat,India.The experiments were conducted with varying water depth of 0.5 cm, 1 cm, 1.5 cm,2 cm with andwithout Multilayer Absorber Plate. For both case Per Day Productivity decreases as water depth increases andOvernight Productivity increases as water depth increases. For the same basin area Per Day Productivity andOvernight Productivity of Multilayer Absorber Solar Still for 0.5 cm water depth increases by 3.9% and 28.94%for 1 cm water depth increases by 4.9% and 29.06% for 1.5 cm water depth increases by 5% and 40% for 2 cmwater depth increases by 5.2% and 40.38% respectively compare to Solar Still without Multilayer Absorber Platefor typical summer days for same water depth.
Palak Patel, J.D.Patel, U.R.Soni, “Comparative Study of Simple Passive Solar Still with and without Multilayer Absorber Plate: An Experimental Approach”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 160-167, March 2014.
