Active Solar Still

Authors:

Shailesh Singh Sengar (Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad)

Sorabh (Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad)

Abstract:

This paper is about active solar still. The objective is to develop a solar based water purification system or a solar water purifier. We are intended to develop this system for use in rural areas where the availability of clean drinking water is a problem and even a greater problem of power shortage is there. Solar water purifier presently yields a total of 2.88lit of water per 24 hours. If we consider losses then it will yield approx. 10 liters of water in 24 hours by surface area of 0.288 . This production capacity is way beyond what we can achieve with a passive solar still and it is sufficient for the need of a single person. And this water is fed into a solar still. This does the job of collecting water vapors that rise from the surface of water being feed into it.

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