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Performance of a pyramid solar still with stepped trays: Experimental approach

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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The present experimental work aims to enhance the daily productivity of solar stills. A stepped pyramidal still with three trays was fabricated and tested under Tanta conditions, Egypt in September 2016. The still was tested with the brine feed being uninterrupted in one experiment, and with intermittent brine supply in another experiment. For continuous brine supply, the accumulated distillate was 4.95 L. For intermittent brine supply, the accumulated distillate was 4.6 L. Per unit total area, the average daily distillate water productivity is 5.5 and 5.11 L/m2 for the continuous and the intermittent feed stills, respectively. In the two ways, the still yielded a greater productivity than that of conventional pyramid solar still which is 4.4 L/m2 .

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10.21608/erjeng.2018.125110

Keywords

solar stills, stepped pyramidal still, brine feed, accumulated distillate, conventional pyramid

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Ayman

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Bakry

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I.

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Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt

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Yaser

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El-Samadony

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A.F.

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Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt Faculty of Engineering, BAU, Lebanon

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El-Gohari

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M.

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Faculty of Petroleum and mining Engineering, SuezUniversity, Egypt

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M.

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Ismail

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Faculty of Petroleum and mining Engineering, Suez University, Egypt Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt.

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2

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August

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18727

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2018-08-01

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2018-04-23

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2018-08-01

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30

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46

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2356-9441

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2735-4873

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Journal of Engineering Research

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Performance of a pyramid solar still with stepped trays: Experimental approach

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23 Jan 2023