期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：7
页码：3175
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Water is essential to life. The origin and continuation of mankind is based on water. The supply of drinkingwater is an important problem for the developing countries. The increasing world population growth together withincreasing industrial and agricultural activities all over the world contributes to the depletion and pollution of freshwater resources. The rapid increasing need for energy and environmental concerns has focused much attention onrenewable energy resources. Among the non-conventional methods to desalinate brackish water or seawater, thecheapest method is solar distillation. The yield of the single basin solar still is very less and it increases considerablywhen the solar still was built with copper sheet. They greatly improve the rate of evaporation and the rate ofcondensation on the cooler surface. The efficiency is higher for solar still made up of copper sheet and it can beincreased further by providing a heat absorbing materials inside the still. This cost-effective design is expected toprovide the rural communities an efficient way to convert the brackish water in to potable water. The theoretical resultsagree well with the experimental ones.
关键词：Solar Still; Distillate; Solar Radiation; Still Efficiency.
