Productivity enhancement of single‐slope solar still using oxy‐hydrogen gas as fuel: An experimental approach

Abstract

This study is modification of the conventional single-slope solar still to improve in the day-to-day production of potable water. The studied solar still is modified to active solar still using new technique which uses oxy-hydrogen (HHO) gas burning as a fuel to increase the temperature of the saline water in the solar still. The power sustainability of HHO gas that used in sea water desalination is one of the main research goals. HHO dry cell is implemented to generate the required amount of HHO gas which is used as fuel of gas furnace. The traditional gas furnace uses HHO gas as fuel without modifications. Two identical HHO gas generators and a gas furnace are integrated with a solar still and four solar panels have power 1000 W, each photovolatic solar module has dimensions 1650 mm × 992 mm × 46 mm. The suggested solar still is fabricated and verified for selected months (June, July, and August) with the meteorological conditions of Ismailia, Egypt. The ratio between the solar still

Numerical evaluation of energy system based on Fresnel concentrating solar collector, Stirling engine, and thermoelectric generator with electrical energy storage

“…However, there are problems with choosing the type of clean energy source and the layout of the energy system. Of the clean energies, solar energy is the most important, and is found everywhere with different intensities 11 . The sun's light energy can be converted into electricity (using a photovoltaic system) or heat (using a thermal collector).…”