C. Tiris et al., IMPROVEMENT OF BASIN TYPE SOLAR-STILL PERFORMANCE - USE OF VARIOUS ABSORBER MATERIALS AND SOLAR COLLECTOR INTEGRATION, Renewable energy, 9(1-4), 1996, pp. 758-761
Experimental measurements to determine conditions necessary for effici
ent solar desalination are given. The effects on performance of using
various different absorber materials together with the integration of
flat-plate collectors with storage systems in basin type solar stills
are investigated. Correlations between daily yield (Y, in litres) and
solar insolation (I, in MJ/m(2)day) are found to be, Y = 0.152I - 0.70
6 (for black-paint absorbers), Y = 0.180I - 0.987 (for charcoal absorb
ers), Y = 0.225I - 0.467 (for integrated solar collector and storage s
ystem, with black-paint absorbers). The calculated daily-average month
ly yields for each case are also given.