Various techniques for improvement in distillate output from active solar still: a review

Panchal, Hitesh; Nikunj, Patel; Thakkar, Hemin

doi:10.1080/01430750.2015.1076518

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“…Technological developments, modeling, and future scope of active solar still have been discussed in [35]. Recently, various techniques for improvement in the performance of active solar still have been reviewed in [56]. In the next section some important researches carried out on different active solar stills designs, and their performance parameters have discussed.…”

Section: Hdh System Integrated With Solar Evacuated Tubesmentioning

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Study of water desalination techniques and a review on active solar distillation methods

Manchanda

Kumar

2017

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Energy crisis and water born diseases caused by impure water are two major concerns of the present era. Various techniques have been used to make saline/brackish water potable. Filtration, precipitation, sterilization, chemical treatment, etc. are some processes that remove macro impurities from impure water. Distillation is thermal energy‐based process that effectively removes contaminants from impure water. Reverse osmosis is a membrane‐based technique widely used for the purification purposes. Electrodialysis, Ion‐exchange, and Freezing are some other processes used to get soft/distilled water for various commercial and domestic uses. Most of the desalination techniques utilize energy from the nonrenewable energy sources. Solar distillation is one of the solutions of getting potable water using solar energy. Solar distillation unit coupled with thermal collectors, photovoltaic panels, and concentrators makes the system active and increases the distillate three to six times than conventional units. Multistage, multieffect active solar still is observed to give an average distillate output of 20 kg/m2/d. Economic analysis also shows that active solar still is a good replacement of nonrenewable energy based water purification techniques. In this article, different water desalination techniques with their economic analysis are briefly discussed. Detailed comprehensive review of researches carried out on active solar still system considering their designs, performance parameters, different hybrid combinations, along with challenges, opportunities, future scope of improvements have also been highlighted. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 37: 444–464, 2018

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Section: Hdh System Integrated With Solar Evacuated Tubesmentioning

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Study of water desalination techniques and a review on active solar distillation methods

Manchanda

Kumar

2017

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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“…This low efficacy of solar stills allowed the researchers to enhance productivity by using different methods and materials. The following literature review conferred the different design modifications, energy storage materials, various fin configurations, several nanomaterials, wick materials, heat pipes, flat plate collectors, evacuated tubes and natural fibers utilized for augmenting freshwater yield in solar still 1–5 …”

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Sustainability assessment of single slope solar still with glass cover cooling using naturally available fibers

Suraparaju¹,

Natarajan²

2022

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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The objective of the present study is to evaluate the sustainability of solar still by enhancing the condensation rate using natural fibers on the glass cover. It is accomplished by employing naturally available Banana Fibers (BF) and Jute Fibers (JF) over the glass of the solar still (SS). The experimental investigation on Conventional Solar Still (CSS), Solar Still with Banana Fibers (SSBF) and Solar Still with Jute Fibers (SSJF) is conducted under similar meteorological conditions. The results reported that the glass cover temperatures of SSBF and SSJF are significantly reduced by 23% and 28% respectively relative to CSS. Also, the condensation rate in SSJF is comparatively better than SSBF and CSS. The significant factor for improving the condensation rate is the absorption, retention, and porosity of natural fibers. Nevertheless, the potable water yield of CSS, SSBF, and SSJF is noticed as 2.23, 2.87, and 3.18 L/m2, respectively. Besides, the viability of solar stills is assessed by economic analysis and the cost per liter (CPL) of water obtained from SSJF is about $ 0.029 with a payback period (PBP) of 4.7 months whereas SSBF and CSS are having a CPL of $ 0.034 and $ 0.041 with a PBP of 5.6 months and 6.8 months respectively.

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“…Various desalination techniques have been developed to produce fresh water from saline water. Solar desalination systems have been thoroughly investigated as a sustainable method to provide drinkable water by utilizing solar energy [1]. A solar still is a low-cost device for desalination, but due to its low distillate output, it requires consideration of various design parameters to enhance potable water production [2].…”

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Bibliometric Analysis of Solar Desalination Systems Powered by Solar Energy and CFD Modelled

Sonawane

Panchal²,

Hoseinzadeh

et al. 2022

Energies

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Solar desalination is a sustainable approach to producing fresh water from saline water. Researchers have tried modifications to solar desalination systems to enhance the distillate output. This survey aims to recognize the characteristics of research work for investigating solar desalination systems. The essential terms to be focused on are computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and solar radiation consideration for the investigation. The data for this bibliometric study was taken from Scopus, with 1932 publications. The characteristics of the research work were analyzed by identifying the research publications, research subject areas, journals, most contributed countries, and data from the authors. The research trend was investigated utilizing yearly research growth, geographical contributions, source quality of publications, and participation of various institutions. VOSviewer software was used for network analysis of essential keywords used in relevant research works and to understand collaborations between the authors and co-authors. About 76% of the total publications belong to the document type articles. It illuminates research tendencies related to the topic under consideration. Results show that desalination research work concerned with CFD or solar radiation was mainly investigated in Engineering and Environmental Science, with their share of more than 50% of the total publications. Further study of relevant research works was assessed using network analysis that helped to link different keywords and authors’ collaborations. This survey helps to spot the increasing research trends and the necessity of further research.

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Various techniques for improvement in distillate output from active solar still: a review

Cited by 57 publications

References 25 publications

Study of water desalination techniques and a review on active solar distillation methods

Study of water desalination techniques and a review on active solar distillation methods

Sustainability assessment of single slope solar still with glass cover cooling using naturally available fibers

Bibliometric Analysis of Solar Desalination Systems Powered by Solar Energy and CFD Modelled

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