Benha University

محمد محمود ضيف محمد

معيد

كلية الهندسة بشبرا الهندسة الميكانيكية

Experimental investigation of a sun tracking concentrated solar still with economic analysis

Applied Water Science • 2024
العودة
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون Mohammad M. Daif, Mohamed Emam, M. A. Abdelrahman, Ahmed A. A. Attia & Aly M. A. Soliman
الكلمات المفتاحية Concentrated solar still, saline water, desalination, salinity, filling ratio, efficiency.
المجلة العلمية Applied Water Science
الناشر Not Available
المجلد 14
العدد Not Available
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publication.type International
رابط البحث Open Link
المواد المرفقة Not Available
الملخص
The current paper evaluated experimentally an innovative sun tracking concentrated solar still under Egyptian climatic conditions during the summer of 2022. The proposed system consists of a 120-cm-diameter parabolic reflector mirror that tracks the sun using a dual axis tracking system, a cylindrical solar still with a volume of 3.7 L positioned in its focal point, and a concentration ratio of 12.5. The performance of the concentrated solar still was investigated in the context of two critical parameters. First, three feed water salinity (17, 27, 37) ppt samples were evaluated, followed by four percentages of saline water filling ratio (26.5, 39.8, 53.1, 66.3)%. Increasing the salinity of the feed water had no effect on solar still productivity, but increasing the saline water filling ratio did. The daily cumulative productivity of the system was 6 kg/m2 with an optimal filling ratio of 53.1%, a daily efficiency of 42.88%, and an average cost of freshwater production of 0.0489 $/L. The proposed system also had the highest instantaneous efficiency of 61.77% and the highest distilled water productivity rate of 0.941 kg/h m2.
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