Performance enhancements of conventional solar still using reflective aluminium foil sheet and reflective glass mirrors: energy and exergy analysis

Enhancing The Hemispherical Solar Distiller Performance Using Internal Reflectors And El Oued Sand Grains As Energy Storage Mediums

“…The thickness of aluminum foil is about 0.2 mm. While the re ectivity of mirrors is 99% (Chandrika et al, 2021). The location of placing the inner re ective inside basin of hemispherical solar still is shown in Fig.…”

“…Desalinating one cubic meter consumes approximately 4 kilowatt hours (Kabeel et Therefore, the continuous reduction in the production of electricity from solar energy will directly affect the cost of desalination. The Dubai Water and Electricity Agency recently announced the achievement of the world record for the lowest price per cubic meter of water produced with desalination technology, which is 0.277 $ per cubic meter, less than a third of a dollar (Attia et al, 2020b(Attia et al, , 2021a; Kabeel et al, , 2018Chandrika et al, 2021;Mohammed et al, 2021). The location of Algeria is important as it is located in the sunbelt.…”

“…They also found that the optimum inclination angle for external re ectors should be less than 25 degrees and that the optimum inclination angle for the (condensed) glass cover ranges between 10-50 degrees depending on the season. Chandrika et al (2021) experimentally studied the effect of using different re ectors (mirrors and aluminum foil) on the inner walls of a distilled basin in order to improve the e ciency of the traditional solar still. They concluded that the daily productivity was 5200 ml/m 2 and 5900 ml/m 2 when using aluminum sheets and mirrors, respectively, compared to still without re ectors (3500 ml/m 2 ).…”

Enhancing the hemispherical solar distiller performance using internal reflectors and El Oued sand grains as energy storage mediums

“…Therefore, the continuous reduction in the production of electricity from solar energy will directly affect the cost of desalination. The Dubai Water and Electricity Agency recently announced the achievement of the world record for the lowest price per cubic meter of water produced with desalination technology, which is 0.277 $ per cubic meter, less than a third of a dollar (Attia et al, 2020b(Attia et al, , 2021aKabeel et al, , 2018Chandrika et al, 2021;Mohammed et al, 2021). The location of Algeria is important as it is located in the sunbelt.…”

Optimization of the Hemispherical Solar Distiller Performance Augmented by Different Basin Materials (steel, zinc, and copper) and Reflective Mirrors

“…They found that the use of energy-absorbing materials increased the productivity of solar distillers, they found a 20% increment in distillate output by use of black rocks, compared with the coated sponge and uncoated sponge and traditional solar distiller. Chandrika et al (2021) used internal reflectors on a single slope solar distiller. The authors experimentally compared the performance of a solar distiller with a mirror reflector and an aluminum sheet reflector for distilled water augmentation.…”