The effect of coupling flat plate collectors with basin-solar stills

Abstract EN

Two identical single - effect of single basin solar Silk were designed, fabricated, tested, and evaluated One was operated alone while the other was coupled to a Hat plate solar collector.

Moth were installed at the same site in Tripoli.

Libya, at 32" 4X 51* \ and 13 2<-> 17E They were south oriented with a tilt angle of 23 Measurements of various parameters were taken in August 2<>0*> at Jolie hour for several days under different operating conditions.

Two operational modes were Cindered The tests were conducted using seawater of 35.000 ppm THE depth of water in the basin was kept fixed at 60 mm Fresh water production of the coupled still was measured to be 6.6 I dav which is higher than that of the single still by 55.84% I he maximum daily efficiency was calculated to be 14 4X% for the single still while it was only 24.IX®* for the coupled still The still thermal performance was found to have a complex function of geometry.

construction, operational conditions, site characteristics and layout details.