IMPROVEMENT OF BASIN TYPE SOLAR-STILL PERFORMANCE - USE OF VARIOUS ABSORBER MATERIALS AND SOLAR COLLECTOR INTEGRATION

Citation
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
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels
Journal title
ISSN journal
09601481
Volume
9
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
758 - 761
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-1481(1996)9:1-4<758:IOBTSP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
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.