Honeycomb encapsulated atmospheric solar collector along with single basin solar still in highly energy absorbing weather condition

Abstract

Background/Objectives: Solar-still based desalination technique is applied for converting saline water into potable one. Inthis work have been developed a single slope single basin solar still integrators with honeycomb encapsulated collector toenhance the efficiency of the system. Methods/Statistical analysis: Thermal model of expressions for natural circulationof water between the collector and the still, summer and winter, hourly variation of temperature of glass cover, water mass,and basin liner have been derived. A numerical calculation has been made for one of the typical days at Chennai in TamilNadu, India which is highly energy absorbing weather condition produced in the still. Application/Improvements: It hasbeen used in the system to compare with and without collector energy absorbing weather condition. The summer andwinter average efficiency of the still with collector is 48.34%, 49.40% which is 19.04% summer and winter 13.82% higherthan the still without collector.