PRESENTATION

DIFFERENT TYPE OF MODELS ABOUT SOLAR DISTILLATION

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101508

SWD-PA with circular parabolic absorber; (a) Schematic diagram, (b) Parabolic absorber photo, (c) Parabolic absorber half
view with trough geometry (scale in cm).
 DESCRIPTION OF SWD-PA
 The SWD-PA idea is based on a parabolic absorber utilized to absorb and transfer the solar radiation to
five troughs installed directly with it.
 A circular parabolic dish with 120 cm diameter made from aluminum sheets with 3 mm thickness and
designed according to the equation y = 0.0084 x2 is utilized as an absorber of solar radiation.
 The outer edge of the dish is extended by a 15 cm aluminum strip with 3 mm thickness to increase the
evaporation cavity.
 A commercial glass thickness of 4 mm and diameter = 120 cm is utilized as a transparent cover and
condenser for the SWD-PA.
 The SWD-PA is supported from the bottom by a metal frame and tilted by the 30-degree angle with a
vertical axis.
 Five water troughs made of a 2 mm thick aluminum sheet which utilized to be filled with saline water,
were attached in the horizontal level to the inner surface of the absorber with 20 cm spacing.
 The troughs tilted by about a 5-degree angle with a vertical axis for the multi-effect principle
and condensation process.
 Water trough dimensions with depth = 2.5 cm and horizontal extend according to the inner
surface profile in three dimensional with equal distance from the glass cover = 10 cm.
 To increase solar heat gain, the inside surfaces of the parabolic absorbers and troughs have been
coated black.
 Fiberglass insulation with 5 cm thickness the thermal conductivity 0.04 W/m.K is utilized as a
thermal insulation material to reduce the heat dissipated from the parabolic absorber to the
surrounding and extend strip to the surrounding.
 Productivity & Efficiency

The SWD-PA maximum daily water yield was 2.31

L/(m2 .day) with first and second law efficiencies of about
41.7% and 3.021%, respectively.
 Cost of SWD-PA

The cost of distillate water for SWD-PA at a 20% interest

rate was between 0.00213 US $/(L.m2 ) and 0.00278
US$/(L.m2 ) at water yield between 2189.8 mL/(m2 .day)
and 2047.7 mL/ (m2 .day).
 Advantages of this Design
 Available materials for constructing this model. Cost effective design.
 A circular parabolic absorber increases the absorber surface area over the flat absorber.
 It enables a solar energy tracking system, which increases the solar heat gained and the
evaporation rate inside the distillation cavity with a compact design.
 As this design was built with troughs. So if the troughs number can increase then productivity,
entropy generation, and overall exergy efficiency will also increase.
 Disadvantages of this design
 Productivity rate is lower compared to flat solar still design. But can be increase significantly
with some modification and that is easy to do.
 Compared to still build design this aluminum build design will stay less year in production.
 Monitoring of data with this design will be critical. Because the data collection has to be done
regularly within a 1h time interval.
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