OPTIMIZATION OF COLLECTOR AND BASIN AREAS FOR A HIGHER YIELD FOR ACTIVE SOLAR-STILLS

This communication presents a thermal analysis of an active solar stil l for the optimization of collectors as well as the basin area for a h igher yield for a given water depth. Expressions for the temperatures, the water and glass covers and the yield have been derived. In order to have numerical appreciation of the results, meteorological data for a summer day of Delhi climate have been used. It has been observed th at the optimization is a strong function of water depth.