An Experimental Study of a Solar Still: Application on the sea water desalination of Fouka

Today, seawater and brackish water desalination is a subject of concern of many researchers all over the world. The recourse to the desalination by distillation using solar energy represents an appreciable element of the water resource and constitutes a realizable, simple, profitable, operational so...

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Published in:Procedia engineering 2012, Vol.33, p.475-484
Main Authors: Aburideh, Hanane, Deliou, Adel, Abbad, Brahim, Alaoui, Fatma, Tassalit, Djilali, Tigrine, Zahia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Desalination
distillation,,solar energy
efficiency
electrical conductivity
Sea water
solar still
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Summary:Today, seawater and brackish water desalination is a subject of concern of many researchers all over the world. The recourse to the desalination by distillation using solar energy represents an appreciable element of the water resource and constitutes a realizable, simple, profitable, operational solution technically. The present study, which is essentially experimental, is interested in the effect of the internal parameters on a double slope plane solar still. In this work, the solar still was conceived and realized by our team of research. The experiments were carried out at different conditions. The variation of the different operating parameters of the solar still has been studied. It is found that the distillate production rate increases when the difference between the temperature of water and glass decreases. Distillated water was also, influenced by the presence of wind and the climatic changes which decrease the amount of diffuse solar energy received by the brackish water. The average yield of distilled water was 4 L/m2 /day.
ISSN:1877-7058
1877-7058
DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.1227