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    Solar distillation is a process that uses solar energy to evaporate water and collect the condensate. It takes advantage of the natural water cycle to desalinate or purify water. A simple solar still works by heating saline or brackish water in a blackened basin using sunlight, evaporating the water which then condenses on the inner side of an inclined glass cover and flows into a collection channel. The efficiency of single-slope solar stills is typically 35-45% but can be improved through modifications like adding a heat storage system or using reflectors. Improved designs have achieved up to a 100% increase in daily productivity and 72.7% productivity during nighttime as well.

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    Solar distillation is a process that uses solar energy to evaporate water and collect the condensate. It takes advantage of the natural water cycle to desalinate or purify water. A simple solar still works by heating saline or brackish water in a blackened basin using sunlight, evaporating the water which then condenses on the inner side of an inclined glass cover and flows into a collection channel. The efficiency of single-slope solar stills is typically 35-45% but can be improved through modifications like adding a heat storage system or using reflectors. Improved designs have achieved up to a 100% increase in daily productivity and 72.7% productivity during nighttime as well.

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    Solar distillation is a process that uses solar energy to evaporate water and collect the condensate. It takes advantage of the natural water cycle to desalinate or purify water. A simple solar still works by heating saline or brackish water in a blackened basin using sunlight, evaporating the water which then condenses on the inner side of an inclined glass cover and flows into a collection channel. The efficiency of single-slope solar stills is typically 35-45% but can be improved through modifications like adding a heat storage system or using reflectors. Improved designs have achieved up to a 100% increase in daily productivity and 72.7% productivity during nighttime as well.

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    Solar Distillation

    Water for the Future

    John Johnson V
    B190932EE
    EEE A-batch
    01
    Contents

    Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5:


    Introduction Why? The Apparatus Performance Improvement &
    Results

    02
    INTRODUCTION

    What is Distillation?

    Distillation is the process that occurs when a liquid


    sample is volatilized to produce a vapor that is
    subsequently condensed to a liquid richer in the more
    volatile components of the original sample.

    The volatilization process usually involves heating the


    liquid.

    03
    Solar distillation is the
    INTRODUCTION process in which solar
    energy is used to evaporate
    water and it’s condensate is
    collected within the same
    closed system.
    So What is Solar Distillation?
    Thus it uses the energy from
    sunlight to separate
    freshwater from salts or other
    contaminants.

    04
    About 79 percent of water available on earth is salty,
    20 percent is brackish (less salty water from well)
    and only one percent is fresh

    Most suitable for remote, arid, or semiarid regions for

    NEED FOR SOLAR small capacities.

    DISTILLATION Simple design and extremely cost-effective

    Easy to operate and maintain

    No fossil energy depletion, hydrocarbon pollution and


    environmental degradation.

    05
    SOLAR STILL Construction of a
    Simple Basin type
    Solar Still
    The very basic system for
    desalting/distilling water by using solar A shallow blackened
    energy as driving source is called solar basin is filled with saline
    still. or brackish water to be
    distilled
    A solar still operates similar to the
    The depth of water is kept
    natural hydrologic cycle of evaporation
    about 5–10 cm.
    and condensation. Normally, the
    seawater will be exposed to solar It is covered with sloppy
    radiation and vaporize. The vapor transparent roof.
    then, condensed on the inclined A condensate collecting
    glazing cover before eventually being channel is placed at the
    collected in a container as desalted end of the slope
    water

    06
    Working

    1. Solar radiation, after passing through the roof


    is absorbed by the blackened surface of the
    basin and thus increasing the temperature of
    water.

    2.The evaporated water increases the moisture


    content, which gets condensed on the cooler
    underside of the glass.

    3.The condensed water slips down the slope


    and is collected through the condensate
    channel attached to the glass.

    07
    35% Efficiency of single slope solar water distillation is in the range of 35–45% and
    productivity is less than 5L/m2 per day.

    Factors affecting Performance Performance Improvement

    1) Intensity of sunlight 1) Improving absorber performance


    2) Depth of basin water through the use of an added inner heat
    3) Thickness of glass cover storage system
    4) Slope of glass cover Using Graphene Oxide (GO) dispersed in
    5) Wind velocity paraffin, as phase-change materials
    6) Temperature difference between water (PCMs)
    and glass plate
    7) Free surface area of water 2) Use of reflectors
    8) Selective surface coatings The efficiency of a still can be increased
    by installing mirrors on its side walls.
    9) Insulation

    08
    Improved Design and Statistics

    100%
    Day time
    Enhancement

    72.7%
    Nocturnal
    Productivity

    09
    THANK YOU

    10

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