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Conical Solar Distiller Performance with Different Aspect Ratios

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Last updated: 29 Dec 2024

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Renewable Energy Technology

Abstract

The most popular desalination method is the solar still, but it has poor productivity. In this work, three fixed cone-shaped solar still (CSS) were tested experimentally. Experiments were done simultaneously at three cone heights (H) 25, 50, and 75 cm (CSS-75, CSS-50, and CSS-25), producing three aspect ratios (AR) of 3, 2, and 1, respectively. Experiments were also conducted using different depths of the basin water level (WD = 1, 2, 3 cm) to obtain the optimal water depth. Experiments were carried out based on thermal efficiency, water productivity, and economic studies to confirm its impact on the performance of the presented system. The results indicated that the obtained daily productivity was 5.17, 3.82, and 1.18 liters/m2 at 3, 2, and 1 aspect ratio, respectively, and a water depth of 1 cm. The daily thermal efficiency was 43.1%, 37.9%, and 30.4% for CSS-75 at WD = 1, 2, and 3 cm, respectively. The cost per liter for CSS-75 was 0.015 $, lower than that for CSS-25 by about 233 %.

DOI

10.21608/itj.2023.215212.1002

Keywords

Thermal analysis, Economic study, Conical distiller, Desalination, Solar still

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Al-Nagdy

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Affiliation

Mechanical department, faculty of technology and education, Suez

Email

ahmed.alnagdy@suezuniv.edu.eg

City

Suez

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0000-0002-4776-9410

First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Abdelaziz

MiddleName

B.

Affiliation

Mechanical department, Faculty of Technology and Education, Suez university, Suez, Egypt

Email

gbedair@ind.suezuni.edu.eg

City

Suez

Orcid

0000-0003-2811-4790

First Name

Swellam

Last Name

Sharshir

MiddleName

W

Affiliation

Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt

Email

sharshir@eng.kfs.edu.eg

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-

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-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Omara

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-

Affiliation

Mechanical HVACR Department, Faculty of Technology and Education, Suez University, Egypt

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mohamed.omara@ind.suezuni.edu.eg

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-

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-

First Name

E

Last Name

Elhefnawy

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M

Affiliation

Mechanical HVACR Department, Faculty of Technology and Education, Suez University, Egypt

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elhefnawy.hael@ind.suezuni.edu.eg

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-

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Volume

1

Article Issue

1

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43838

Issue Date

2023-10-01

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2023-06-03

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

47

Page End

60

Online ISSN

2974-4482

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2,793

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Industrial Technology Journal

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Conical Solar Distiller Performance with Different Aspect Ratios

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Created At

20 Dec 2024