Stand Alone Multiple Trough Solar Desalination with Heat Storage
Remote arid areas of the vast expanses of the African
deserts hold huge subterranean reserves of brackish water resources
waiting for economic development. This work presents design
guidelines as well as initial performance data of new autonomous
solar desalination equipment which could help local communities
produce their own fresh water using solar energy only and, why not,
contribute to transforming desert lands into lush gardens. The output
of solar distillation equipments are typically low and in the range of 3
l/m2/day on the average. This new design with an integrated, water
based, environmentally-friendly solar heat storage system produced 5
l/m2/day in early spring weather. Equipment output during summer
exceeded 9 liters per m2 per day.
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Stepped Solar-Still. Environ. Eng. Manage J 2011; 10:585-94. [2] A. J. N. Khalifa, A. M. Hamood, Effect of Insulation Thickness on the
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under Local Climate. Energy Convers Manage 2009; 50: 2457-61 -K.
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Wadsworth, 1993, pp. 123–135.
[3] A. Badran, I. A. Al-Hallaq, I. A. Eyal Salman, et al, A solar still
augmented with a flat plate collector. Desalination 2005; 172: 227-34.
[4] Dimri, B. Sarkar, U. Singh et al, Effect of Condensing Cover Material
on Yield of an Active Solar Still: An Experimental
Validation. Desalination 2008; 227: 178-89.
[5] Diaf, D. Tassalit, H. Aburideh, Z. Tigrine, “Water Desalination Using
New Multiple Tray Solar Distillation–Performance Evaluation,”
International Conference on Applied Energy ICAE2013, University of
Pretoria, South Africa, 2013.
[6] Zahia Tigrine, Hanane Aburideh, Adel Deliou, Brahim Abbad, Fatma
Alaoui, Djilali Tassalit: An Experimental Study of a Solar Still:
Application on the sea water desalination of Fouka. Procedia
Engineering 33 (2012) 475 – 484.
[7] K. Voropoulos, E. Mathioulakis, V. Belessiotis, Experimental
Investigation of the Behavior of a Solar Still Coupled with Hot Water
Storage Tank, Desalination 2003; 156: 315-322.
[8] Omara Z. M., Hamed Mofred H., Kabeel A. E., Performance of Finned
and Corrugated Solar Stills under Egyptian Conditions, J. Desalination
2011; 277: 281-287.
[9] Sebaii A. A., Al-Ghamdi A. A., Al-Hazmi F. S., Fidah, Abdel S.,
Thermal Performance of a Single Basin Solar Still with PCM as Storage
Medium, J. Applied Energy 2009; 86: 1187-1195.
[10] Sakthivel M, Shanmagasundaram S, Alwarswamy T., An Experimental
Study of Regenerative Solar Still with Energy Storage Medium–Jute
Cloth, J Desalination 2010; 264: 24-31.
[11] Abu-Hijleh B. A. K., Rababa’h H. M., Experimental Study of Solar Still
with Sponge Cubes in Basin, J Energy Conv Mgmt 2003; 44: 1411-18.
[12] Murugvel K Kalidas, Srithar, K., Performance Study on Basin Type
Double Slope Solar Still with different wick materials and minimum
water mass, J Renew Energy 2001; 36: 612-620.
[13] Diaf, H. Aburideh, Z. Tigrine, D. Tassalit, F. Alaoui, “Effect of
Temperature on the Performance of Multi-Stage Distillation,” World
Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, (2012), 66, 843-846.
[1] T. Libin, R. Pillai, M. Mani, Sealed-System Performance of a Compact
Stepped Solar-Still. Environ. Eng. Manage J 2011; 10:585-94. [2] A. J. N. Khalifa, A. M. Hamood, Effect of Insulation Thickness on the
Productivity of Basin Type Solar Stills: An Experimental Verification
under Local Climate. Energy Convers Manage 2009; 50: 2457-61 -K.
Chen, Linear Networks and Systems (Book style). Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 1993, pp. 123–135.
[3] A. Badran, I. A. Al-Hallaq, I. A. Eyal Salman, et al, A solar still
augmented with a flat plate collector. Desalination 2005; 172: 227-34.
[4] Dimri, B. Sarkar, U. Singh et al, Effect of Condensing Cover Material
on Yield of an Active Solar Still: An Experimental
Validation. Desalination 2008; 227: 178-89.
[5] Diaf, D. Tassalit, H. Aburideh, Z. Tigrine, “Water Desalination Using
New Multiple Tray Solar Distillation–Performance Evaluation,”
International Conference on Applied Energy ICAE2013, University of
Pretoria, South Africa, 2013.
[6] Zahia Tigrine, Hanane Aburideh, Adel Deliou, Brahim Abbad, Fatma
Alaoui, Djilali Tassalit: An Experimental Study of a Solar Still:
Application on the sea water desalination of Fouka. Procedia
Engineering 33 (2012) 475 – 484.
[7] K. Voropoulos, E. Mathioulakis, V. Belessiotis, Experimental
Investigation of the Behavior of a Solar Still Coupled with Hot Water
Storage Tank, Desalination 2003; 156: 315-322.
[8] Omara Z. M., Hamed Mofred H., Kabeel A. E., Performance of Finned
and Corrugated Solar Stills under Egyptian Conditions, J. Desalination
2011; 277: 281-287.
[9] Sebaii A. A., Al-Ghamdi A. A., Al-Hazmi F. S., Fidah, Abdel S.,
Thermal Performance of a Single Basin Solar Still with PCM as Storage
Medium, J. Applied Energy 2009; 86: 1187-1195.
[10] Sakthivel M, Shanmagasundaram S, Alwarswamy T., An Experimental
Study of Regenerative Solar Still with Energy Storage Medium–Jute
Cloth, J Desalination 2010; 264: 24-31.
[11] Abu-Hijleh B. A. K., Rababa’h H. M., Experimental Study of Solar Still
with Sponge Cubes in Basin, J Energy Conv Mgmt 2003; 44: 1411-18.
[12] Murugvel K Kalidas, Srithar, K., Performance Study on Basin Type
Double Slope Solar Still with different wick materials and minimum
water mass, J Renew Energy 2001; 36: 612-620.
[13] Diaf, H. Aburideh, Z. Tigrine, D. Tassalit, F. Alaoui, “Effect of
Temperature on the Performance of Multi-Stage Distillation,” World
Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, (2012), 66, 843-846.
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deserts hold huge subterranean reserves of brackish water resources
waiting for economic development. This work presents design
guidelines as well as initial performance data of new autonomous
solar desalination equipment which could help local communities
produce their own fresh water using solar energy only and, why not,
contribute to transforming desert lands into lush gardens. The output
of solar distillation equipments are typically low and in the range of 3
l/m2/day on the average. This new design with an integrated, water
based, environmentally-friendly solar heat storage system produced 5
l/m2/day in early spring weather. Equipment output during summer
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