TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental investigation of a novel single-slope tilted wick solar still with an affordable channeled absorber sheet, an external condenser, and a reflector
AU - Ahangar Darabi, Mohammad
AU - Pasha, Golnaz
AU - Ebrahimpour, Benyamin
AU - Guodarzi, Ali Moazemi
AU - Morshedsolouk, Fattaneh
AU - Habibnejad Roshan, Hooman
AU - Shafaghat, Rouzbeh
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Babol Noshirvani University of Technology for providing the required equipment and allocating the Bio-mechanic laboratory to this investigation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 International Solar Energy Society
PY - 2022/7/15
Y1 - 2022/7/15
N2 - Nowadays, the application of solar desalination system is widely regarded due to population growth, climate change, and diminution of non-renewable resources. These systems produce fresh water by absorbing solar energy that can be used in various cases. In this study, the performance of a single-slope tilted wick solar still with an affordable channeled absorber sheet, an external condenser, and a reflector has been investigated. As an innovation, a black-colored channeled twin wall plastic sheet was used as an absorber in this system to decrease the costs significantly. Further, the impact of using a reflector on the performance of this system was investigated, and ultimately, the daily efficiency and economic analysis of the system with and without the reflector was studied. According to the results, the average daily efficiency of this system with and without the reflector was noticed 46.13% and 30.10%, respectively. Furthermore, the average produced fresh water during the experiments without and with the reflector was 1095 ml and 1710 ml, respectively. Cost per liter of the produced fresh water with and without reflector was reported 0.041 $/l and 0.047 $/l, respectively.
AB - Nowadays, the application of solar desalination system is widely regarded due to population growth, climate change, and diminution of non-renewable resources. These systems produce fresh water by absorbing solar energy that can be used in various cases. In this study, the performance of a single-slope tilted wick solar still with an affordable channeled absorber sheet, an external condenser, and a reflector has been investigated. As an innovation, a black-colored channeled twin wall plastic sheet was used as an absorber in this system to decrease the costs significantly. Further, the impact of using a reflector on the performance of this system was investigated, and ultimately, the daily efficiency and economic analysis of the system with and without the reflector was studied. According to the results, the average daily efficiency of this system with and without the reflector was noticed 46.13% and 30.10%, respectively. Furthermore, the average produced fresh water during the experiments without and with the reflector was 1095 ml and 1710 ml, respectively. Cost per liter of the produced fresh water with and without reflector was reported 0.041 $/l and 0.047 $/l, respectively.
KW - Affordable Channeled Absorber Sheet
KW - Desalination
KW - Reflector
KW - Tilted-wick Solar Still
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U2 - 10.1016/j.solener.2022.06.020
DO - 10.1016/j.solener.2022.06.020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133410525
SN - 0038-092X
VL - 241
SP - 650
EP - 659
JO - Solar Energy
JF - Solar Energy
ER -