Annual performance of an active solar distillation system

This paper presents the annual performance of an active solar still. Analytical expressions for water and glass cover temperatures and yield have been derived in terms of design and climatic parameters. Numerical computations have been carried out for Delhi climatic conditions (latitude = 28°35′ N,...

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Published inDesalination Vol. 127; no. 1; pp. 79 - 88
Main Authors Kumar, Sanjeev, Tiwari, G.N., Singh, H.N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 05.01.2000
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
Distillation
Drinking water and swimming-pool water. Desalination
Energy
Equipments, installations and applications
Exact sciences and technology
Heat and mass transfer
India, Delhi
Natural energy
Pollution
Solar energy
Solar thermal conversion
Water treatment and pollution
Asia
India
India, Delhi
Distillation
Heat and mass transfer
Solar energy
Water treatment
Annual variation
Time variation
Optimization
Mass transfer
Solar still
Hourly variations
Desalination
Numerical simulation
Performance
Thermal separation
Heat transfer
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Summary:This paper presents the annual performance of an active solar still. Analytical expressions for water and glass cover temperatures and yield have been derived in terms of design and climatic parameters. Numerical computations have been carried out for Delhi climatic conditions (latitude = 28°35′ N, longitude = 77°12′E). It has been observed that for given parameters, the annual yield is optimum when the collector inclination is 20° and the still glass cover inclination is 15°.
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ISSN:0011-9164
1873-4464
DOI:10.1016/S0011-9164(99)00194-0