Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Enhanced Performance of Design of a Single Basin Solar Still made up of Copper

M. Koilraj Gnanadason, G Hariharan, P. Senthil Kumar

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As the available fresh water is finite on earth, its demand is increasing day by day. The distillation is one of the important methods of getting potable water from ackish and sea water using the free energy supply from the sun. The problem of solar stills is the low productivity. In this context, an experimental work is conducted on a single slope solar still in which the still basin was built with copper sheet. The rate of heat transfer to water in the still made up of Copper is more and hence the increase in the water temperature and productivity. The attempts are also made to increase the productivity of water by painting black coating inside the Copper still basin. The theoretical results agree well with the experimental ones.  

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M. Koilraj Gnanadason, G Hariharan, P. Senthil Kumar Enhanced Performance of Design of a Single Basin Solar Still made up of Copper Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013

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