Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin Designs
This study aimed to enhance distilled water production by employing conventional single-slope solar distillers with continuous seawater input. Three solar absorbers—i.e., a flat absorber, an absorber with 10 fins, and an absorber with 15 fins—were designed and examined experimentally. The seawater e...
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| description | This study aimed to enhance distilled water production by employing conventional single-slope solar distillers with continuous seawater input. Three solar absorbers—i.e., a flat absorber, an absorber with 10 fins, and an absorber with 15 fins—were designed and examined experimentally. The seawater entered the distillers continuously due to gravity. Moreover, the seawater level inside the distillers was kept constant by using a floating ball valve. The overall size of each distiller was fixed at 1136 mm × 936 mm × 574 mm. The performance of the distillers was analyzed and discussed. The average yields of the flat absorber, the absorber with 10 fins, and the absorber with 15 fins were 1.185 L/d, 1.264 L/d, and 1.404 L/d, respectively. The results of the absorber with 15 fins were about 18.5% higher than those of the flat absorber. The experimental results were compared with the established correlations. This new design with increased water yield provides an effective approach for harvesting sunlight in remote tropical regions for small-scale solar desalination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-135a7bdd24464df791ab2a3e67422ade2023-11-22T07:28:13ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-08-011416484410.3390/en14164844Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin DesignsMirmanto0I Made Adi Sayoga1Agung Tri Wijayanta2Agus Pulung Sasmito3Muhammad Aziz4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mataram University, Jl. Majapahit 62, Mataram 83125, IndonesiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mataram University, Jl. Majapahit 62, Mataram 83125, IndonesiaResearch Group of Sustainable Thermofluids, Sebelas Maret University, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Kentingan, Surakarta 57126, IndonesiaDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, 3450 University, Frank Dawson Adams Bldg., Montreal, QC H3A2A7, CanadaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, JapanThis study aimed to enhance distilled water production by employing conventional single-slope solar distillers with continuous seawater input. Three solar absorbers—i.e., a flat absorber, an absorber with 10 fins, and an absorber with 15 fins—were designed and examined experimentally. The seawater entered the distillers continuously due to gravity. Moreover, the seawater level inside the distillers was kept constant by using a floating ball valve. The overall size of each distiller was fixed at 1136 mm × 936 mm × 574 mm. The performance of the distillers was analyzed and discussed. The average yields of the flat absorber, the absorber with 10 fins, and the absorber with 15 fins were 1.185 L/d, 1.264 L/d, and 1.404 L/d, respectively. The results of the absorber with 15 fins were about 18.5% higher than those of the flat absorber. The experimental results were compared with the established correlations. This new design with increased water yield provides an effective approach for harvesting sunlight in remote tropical regions for small-scale solar desalination.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/16/4844distillersolar absorberfinseawaterdistilled waterremote tropical region |
| spellingShingle | Mirmanto I Made Adi Sayoga Agung Tri Wijayanta Agus Pulung Sasmito Muhammad Aziz Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin Designs Energies distiller solar absorber fin seawater distilled water remote tropical region |
| title | Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin Designs |
| title_full | Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin Designs |
| title_fullStr | Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin Designs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin Designs |
| title_short | Enhancement of Continuous-Feed Low-Cost Solar Distiller: Effects of Various Fin Designs |
| title_sort | enhancement of continuous feed low cost solar distiller effects of various fin designs |
| topic | distiller solar absorber fin seawater distilled water remote tropical region |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/16/4844 |
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