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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022

Performance assessment of conventional solar desalination system in Northern part of Gujarat.

Pranav Mehta, Abd Elnaby Kabeel, Vivek Patel, Sumit Kumar

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Pranav MehtaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, 387001, Gujarat, India. pranavmehta.mech@ddu.ac.in.
Abd Elnaby KabeelMechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Vivek PatelDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, GPERI, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Sumit KumarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7248, Australia.

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Abstract

Water distillation by utilising free energy from the sun is one of the significant techniques for getting freshwater from salty and seawater. For the remote areas and small societies where freshwater is distant, solar distillation is one of the best explanations for freshwater creation. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of the flat plate collector-assisted conventional solar still incorporating mirror wall and heat storage material, which was tested at Anchor institute of solar energy studies, Mehsana (23.5275311° latitude and 72.3881041° longitude), Gujarat. Moreover, the study captures average productivity with and without FPC which was 1.5 L and 1.0 L respectively during the day time for the entire period of experiments. In this study, the water depth is varied from 1 to 5 cm inside the single basin solar still to obtain the optimum depth. It was observed that when mirror augmented still was operated with the FPC, 3.6L/day productivity was achieved with 30% instantaneous efficiency, at solar radiation of 1122 W/m

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Drinking WaterSolar EnergyWater PurificationDistillationFresh WaterHumansSunlightWaterDrinking WaterWaterFlat plate collectorSingle basin solar stillSolar energy

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