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标题：Experimental Study on Various Solar Still Designs
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作者：T. Arunkumar ; K. Vinothkumar ; Amimul Ahsan 等
期刊名称：ISRN Renewable Energy
印刷版ISSN：2090-7451
电子版ISSN：2090-746X
出版年度：2012
卷号：2012
DOI：10.5402/2012/569381
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：Humankind has depended for ages on underground water reservoirs for its fresh water needs. But these sources do not always prove to be useful due to the presence of excessive salinity in the water. In this paper, the fabrication of seven solar still designs such as spherical solar still, pyramid solar still, hemispherical solar still, double basin glass solar still, concentrator coupled single slope solar still, tubular solar still and tubular solar still coupled with pyramid solar still and their performance evaluation in converting brackish water into fresh water for drinking are presented. The experiment was constructed and tested during January to May 2011. All the solar stills were operated in the same climatic conditions to analyze the influence of the modifications on the productivity. From the observations, the compound parabolic concentrator-assisted tubular solar still shows the maximum yield.