Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis

Desalination process through solar still has been found to be the most economical technique, as it makes use of a free source of energy. The main drawback of this equipment is its low productivity. Thus, numerous enhancements have been developed throughout the years to improve its performance. In th...

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Main Author:	Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology
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spelling	my-ump-ir.357532022-12-07T03:05:35Z Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis 2017-07 Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology Desalination process through solar still has been found to be the most economical technique, as it makes use of a free source of energy. The main drawback of this equipment is its low productivity. Thus, numerous enhancements have been developed throughout the years to improve its performance. In this study, the solar still underwent improvement using three simple enhancers, namely, aspirator, magnifying glasses (lenses), and heat transfer agent (HTA). Four sets of experiment were carried out to compare the performance of the solar still with different set-ups: Set 1 (aspirator), Set 2 (aspirator+ HTA), Set 3 (aspirator+ lenses) and Set 4 (aspirator +HTA +lenses). The experiment using the set with the highest efficiency was repeated with different feed which is seawater (Set 5). The highest collected evaporated volume was achieved by Set 4 at a total of 4.86 L while Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 had a total of 0.68 L, 1.45 L and 3.43 L, respectively. The evaporation rates were proportional to the maximum instantaneous efficiency as Set 4 recorded the highest thermal efficiency of 70%, followed by Set 3, Set 2 and Set 1 with the percentage of efficiency at 51%, 42%, and 31%, respectively. For Set 5, the total collected evaporated volume is 4.23 L. Therefore, it can be concluded that although a slight improvement was observed, the effect of introducing the HTA was not significant. Nevertheless, if the HTA were combined with lenses in a vacuum solar still, the effect would be enormously significant. The water comparison analysis shows a very significant value between Set 4 and Set 5 at the initial state but small distinction at the final state. The results show that the performance of solar still increase significantly with the presence of lenses and HT A together. However, when the solar still is applied with HTA alone, only slight improvement is achieved compare to the application of lenses alone. 2017-07 Thesis http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35753/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35753/1/Development%20of%20solar%20still%20for%20water%20puification%20and%20its%20performance%20analysis.ir.pdf pdf en public masters Universiti Malaysia Pahang Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
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topic	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis
description	Desalination process through solar still has been found to be the most economical technique, as it makes use of a free source of energy. The main drawback of this equipment is its low productivity. Thus, numerous enhancements have been developed throughout the years to improve its performance. In this study, the solar still underwent improvement using three simple enhancers, namely, aspirator, magnifying glasses (lenses), and heat transfer agent (HTA). Four sets of experiment were carried out to compare the performance of the solar still with different set-ups: Set 1 (aspirator), Set 2 (aspirator+ HTA), Set 3 (aspirator+ lenses) and Set 4 (aspirator +HTA +lenses). The experiment using the set with the highest efficiency was repeated with different feed which is seawater (Set 5). The highest collected evaporated volume was achieved by Set 4 at a total of 4.86 L while Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 had a total of 0.68 L, 1.45 L and 3.43 L, respectively. The evaporation rates were proportional to the maximum instantaneous efficiency as Set 4 recorded the highest thermal efficiency of 70%, followed by Set 3, Set 2 and Set 1 with the percentage of efficiency at 51%, 42%, and 31%, respectively. For Set 5, the total collected evaporated volume is 4.23 L. Therefore, it can be concluded that although a slight improvement was observed, the effect of introducing the HTA was not significant. Nevertheless, if the HTA were combined with lenses in a vacuum solar still, the effect would be enormously significant. The water comparison analysis shows a very significant value between Set 4 and Set 5 at the initial state but small distinction at the final state. The results show that the performance of solar still increase significantly with the presence of lenses and HT A together. However, when the solar still is applied with HTA alone, only slight improvement is achieved compare to the application of lenses alone.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz
author_facet	Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz
author_sort	Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz
title	Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis
title_short	Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis
title_full	Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis
title_fullStr	Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Development of solar still for water purification and its performance analysis
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granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
granting_department	Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
publishDate	2017
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35753/1/Development%20of%20solar%20still%20for%20water%20puification%20and%20its%20performance%20analysis.ir.pdf
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