Performance improvements of hemispherical solar still using internal aluminum foil sheet as reflector: energy and exergy analysis

Mohammed El Hadi Attia; Muthu Manokar Athikesavan; Murugan Kaliyamoorthy; Guruprasad Balachandran; Syed Jafar Kutbudeen; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-17973-7

Performance improvements of hemispherical solar still using internal aluminum foil sheet as reflector: energy and exergy analysis

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 May;29(24):36887-36896. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17973-7. Epub 2022 Jan 22.

Authors

Mohammed El Hadi Attia¹, Muthu Manokar Athikesavan², Murugan Kaliyamoorthy³, Guruprasad Balachandran⁴, Syed Jafar Kutbudeen⁵, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of El Oued, 39000, El Oued, Algeria.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600048, India. a.muthumanokar@gmail.com.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Polytechnic College, Valangaiman, Tholuvur, Tamil Nadu, 612804, India.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, 630004, India.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, 636704, India.
⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Arasur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641407, India.

PMID: 35064487
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17973-7

Abstract

Various scientists are looking for effective and easy solutions for the augmentation of yield from the hemispherical solar still (HSS). In this study, aluminum foil sheet was used to reflect the intensity, hence augmenting the evaporation rate and daily yield. Experimentations were conducted on two SS: the first SS is HSS; the second SS is HSS with reflective aluminum foil sheet walls (HSS-RAFW). The highest distilled water production from the HSS and HSS-RAFW is 3.36 and 4.1 kg/m², respectively. Compared to the HSS, the yield of distilled water was augmented by 22.21% when using the HSS-RAFW. The daily energy and exergy efficiencies (EnE and ExE) of the HSS are 26.27 and 1.04%, respectively, and the daily EnE and ExE of the HSS-RAFW are 32.75 and 1.71%, respectively.

Keywords: Aluminum foil sheet; Distilled water; Reflector; Solar energy; Solar still.

MeSH terms

Aluminum*
Solar Energy*
Sunlight
Water

Substances

Water
Aluminum