Design and Fabrication of Two Slope Solar Still Water Distillation

Authors(6) :-Kalyani Sengar, Yash Thote, Saurabh Ghate, Ashish Lanjewar, Rahul Chandrawanshi, Aniket Dongre

Performance of a single basin two slope solar still has been studied theoretically and experimentally. A single basin does two slope solar still of 450mm x 600 mm basin area is fabricated from an acrylic sheet of 3.5 mm. The condensing glass covers of 4 mm thickness with 30° tilt angle are used. In the present work, an attempt has been made to investigate the effect of the various parameters on the productivity of solar still like water depth, wind velocity, solar radiation, etc. The overall production of the still was higher during March, April, August, November and December and it is around 4 liters/day. The average production of the still was 2.1 liters/day/m2. The hourly temperature has been recorded for water, basin liner, and glass surfaces. It is seen that the production rate increases with increase in wind velocity and cooling of glass covers.

Authors and Affiliations

Kalyani Sengar
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, G H Raisoni Academy of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Yash Thote
Department of Mechanical Engineering, G H Raisoni Academy of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Saurabh Ghate
Department of Mechanical Engineering, G H Raisoni Academy of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Ashish Lanjewar
Department of Mechanical Engineering, G H Raisoni Academy of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Rahul Chandrawanshi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, G H Raisoni Academy of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Aniket Dongre
Department of Mechanical Engineering, G H Raisoni Academy of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Solar Still, Theoretical Analysis, Experimental Analysis, Transmittance Variations, Year Round Performance.

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Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 6 | March 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-03-16
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 230-234
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET1821
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Kalyani Sengar,Yash Thote, Saurabh Ghate, Ashish Lanjewar, Rahul Chandrawanshi, Aniket Dongre, " Design and Fabrication of Two Slope Solar Still Water Distillation, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 5, Issue 6, pp.230-234, March-2019. Citation Detection and Elimination     |     
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