Jathar, Laxmikant D. and Ganesan, S. and Shahapurkar, Kiran and Soudagar, Manzoore Elahi M. and Mujtaba, M. A. and Anqi, Ali E. and Farooq, Muhammad and Khidmatgar, Abdulqhadar and Goodarzi, Marjan and Safaei, Mohammad Reza (2022) Effect of various factors and diverse approaches to enhance the performance of solar stills: a comprehensive review. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 147 (7). pp. 4491-4522. ISSN 1388-6150, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10826-y.
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The need for fresh drinking water is increasing rapidly, and drinking water availability reduces day by day. Solar desalination is a viable option to change saltwater to fresh drinkable water. Solar still used for desalination includes processes like heating, evaporation, and condensation. The major problem faced by solar stills is that they have low productivity. Therefore, high demand for freshwater cannot be met. The present review aims to provide the researchers with an idea to select suitable methods for enhancing solar stills' performance. This article mainly focuses on the climatic, design, and operational parameters affecting the performance of solar stills. Results reveal that a combination of the incredible intensity of solar radiations, solar still type, and regions with optimum temperature can provide higher daily distillate output. Further, high productivity can be achieved with inclined solar stills by making an inclination angle equivalent to the location's latitude. A water depth of around 1 cm can provide the best output in terms of productivity for conventional solar stills. A combination of V-corrugated absorber plate with fins and energy storing materials coupled with external reflector plates can provide optimized conditions to enhance productivity. The performance of solar still can be improved by minimizing the gap between absorber plates and condensing cover. Finally, the sun tracking system, either single or dual axis in solar still, can enhance productivity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan & Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune, Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University [R.G.P 2/138/42] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Desalination; Solar still; Solar radiations; Phase change materials |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2022 07:47 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2022 07:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/33825 |
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