Effect of fin configuration parameters on single basin solar still performance

Experimental Investigation on a Thermal Model for a Basin Solar Still with an External Reflector

“…Moreover, by referring to Figure 13, it is found that the production of distilled water increases at noon. Also, by inspecting the temperatures of the inside air and interface in Figure 12, and comparing them with Figure 13, it can be seen that when the temperature difference between the inside air and interface increases, the production rate of distilled water increases, which is in good agreement with Equations (21) and (22). Moreover, there is a significant difference between the production of distilled water in experimental and analytical approach in the early hours.…”

“…In the past decade, many modifications have been performed to enhance the productivity of the distillate of a basin still, such as using a photovoltaic powered turbulence system [20], cooling the glass cover [21], integrating fins at the basin of the still [22], increasing the evaporating surface [23], attaching vacuum tubes [24], using a vacuum pump [25], using a reflector [26], and so on. Among these modifications, adding reflectors can lead to a higher solar incidence on the basin, which increases the distillate productivity of a basin solar still.…”

Effects of amount and mode of input energy on the performance of a multi-stage solar still: An experimental study

“…This external energy can be supplied by solar collectors [10][11][12][13] or the thermal energy wasted in industrial units [14]. Conventional single stage solar stills [15][16][17] utilize the system's energy input only once. However, multi-stage systems [18][19][20][21][22] are specifically designed to use the heat of condensation of the vapor again, so that this energy can be used for evaporation a couple of times.…”

Review on series connected photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems: Analytical and experimental studies

“…Soliman (1976) suggested the concept of high temperature solar distillation (active solar distillation system). Worldwide, many researchers (Rai and Tiwari, 1983;Lawrence and Tiwari, 1990;Tayeb, 1992;Tiwari et al, 2003;Dubey and Tiwari, 2008;Hamadou and Abdellatif, 2014;Ling et al, 2014;Huang et al, 2015;Sebaii et al, 2015;Feilizadeh et al, 2015;Rahbar et al, 2015;Morad et al, 2015;Nimr and Dahdolan, 2015;Dehghan et al, 2015;Taghvaei et al, 2015;Edalatpour et al, 2016;Tiwari and Sahota, 2017) have theoretically and experimentally studied different active solar distillation systems.…”