Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar Stills
Water scarcity is a global concern and poses significant problems to countries with arid and semi-arid climates, like Iran. Considering financial difficulties, a lack of knowledge about high-tech alternatives, low incomes, a lack of access to high-tech tools, and low maintenance capabilities in deve...
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| author | Mehdi Soltanian Siamak Hoseinzadeh Davide Astiaso Garcia |
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| description | Water scarcity is a global concern and poses significant problems to countries with arid and semi-arid climates, like Iran. Considering financial difficulties, a lack of knowledge about high-tech alternatives, low incomes, a lack of access to high-tech tools, and low maintenance capabilities in developing countries, solar still desalination is a decent technology for providing proper water, especially for rural areas. However, the low water-production rate using this method dictates a very vast area requirement for solar still farms in order to provide significant amounts of water. In this research, we proposed a mirror-enhanced solar still and mathematically compared its water-production rate to that of conventional ones. In comparison to conventional solar stills, our proposed reflector-enhanced solar still benefits from several improvements, including lower glass temperatures, increased water basing temperatures, and receiving much more solar irradiation. Hence, the proposed system can increase water production from 7.5 L/day to 24 L/day. The results showed that the proposed method is highly effective and could be used in field-scale projects in arid and semi-arid climates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2017f1255d884282a9363ab5a08240982024-01-26T18:52:20ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412024-01-0116235510.3390/w16020355Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar StillsMehdi Soltanian0Siamak Hoseinzadeh1Davide Astiaso Garcia2Graduate Faculty of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Theran, Tehran 1417853111, IranDepartment of Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyWater scarcity is a global concern and poses significant problems to countries with arid and semi-arid climates, like Iran. Considering financial difficulties, a lack of knowledge about high-tech alternatives, low incomes, a lack of access to high-tech tools, and low maintenance capabilities in developing countries, solar still desalination is a decent technology for providing proper water, especially for rural areas. However, the low water-production rate using this method dictates a very vast area requirement for solar still farms in order to provide significant amounts of water. In this research, we proposed a mirror-enhanced solar still and mathematically compared its water-production rate to that of conventional ones. In comparison to conventional solar stills, our proposed reflector-enhanced solar still benefits from several improvements, including lower glass temperatures, increased water basing temperatures, and receiving much more solar irradiation. Hence, the proposed system can increase water production from 7.5 L/day to 24 L/day. The results showed that the proposed method is highly effective and could be used in field-scale projects in arid and semi-arid climates.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/2/355desalinationdistilled water machineenhanced solar stillsolar cookersustainable development |
| spellingShingle | Mehdi Soltanian Siamak Hoseinzadeh Davide Astiaso Garcia Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar Stills Water desalination distilled water machine enhanced solar still solar cooker sustainable development |
| title | Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar Stills |
| title_full | Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar Stills |
| title_fullStr | Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar Stills |
| title_full_unstemmed | Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar Stills |
| title_short | Proposal of a Reflector-Enhanced Solar Still Concept and Its Comparison with Conventional Solar Stills |
| title_sort | proposal of a reflector enhanced solar still concept and its comparison with conventional solar stills |
| topic | desalination distilled water machine enhanced solar still solar cooker sustainable development |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/2/355 |
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