EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PYRAMID WICK-TYPE SOLAR STILL [ READ ]
A.Prakash, R.Jayaprakash and Sanjay Kumar
An attempt has been made to design, fabricate and analyze a new pyramid wick-type solar still. In the basin of the still, saline water storage tank with four tilted portions has been made and selectively coated jute wick painted black has been spread on the tilted portions. The efficiency of the still has been found by conducting experiments and measuring various temperature elements of the still, solar radiation intensity and ambient temperature. The productivity of the proposed still is compared with that of the pyramid basin type solar still and it has been found that, an increase of 17.68% distillate yield. The average efficiency of the still is found to be 50.25% and it can produce 4.820 l/m2day in the local climatic conditions of Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
A.Prakash, R.Jayaprakash and Sanjay Kumar
An attempt has been made to design, fabricate and analyze a new pyramid wick-type solar still. In the basin of the still, saline water storage tank with four tilted portions has been made and selectively coated jute wick painted black has been spread on the tilted portions. The efficiency of the still has been found by conducting experiments and measuring various temperature elements of the still, solar radiation intensity and ambient temperature. The productivity of the proposed still is compared with that of the pyramid basin type solar still and it has been found that, an increase of 17.68% distillate yield. The average efficiency of the still is found to be 50.25% and it can produce 4.820 l/m2day in the local climatic conditions of Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
