Parameters Affecting the Performance of Single Basin Solar Distillation with Parabolic Reflector: A Detailed Review

Abstract

The freshwater crisis is already clear in many parts of India. The crisis of fresh water is not the result of natural causes but of human activities. The reason for the need for fresh water is quickly due to the increase in population and the change in lifestyles. The Indian government is playing an important role in fresh water. Nearly 100, 000 children die in India directly after drinking unsafe water each year and approximately 45 million people are affected by diseases due to water pollution, such as excess fluoride, iron or salt water. Single basin solar distillation with parabolic reflector is an excellent device to overcome these problems, which produces drinking water from saline water. In this article, we have studied the problem of several parameters to influence the performance of solar energy. In this work, several techniques were studied to increase the productivity of the still.