A review of solar still performance with reflectors

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Abstract

In numerous respects, the solar still is a perfect wellspring of freshwater for both agriculture and drinking in remote areas or islands. There are numerous sorts of solar stills; the least difficult and most demonstrated is the basin solar still (conventional solar still). Investigations demonstrated that the conventional still has constrained productivity. Scientists have taken efforts to make diverse designs of solar stills to improve the productivity and deduced that solar stills integrated with reflectors are one of the most efficient and effective designs. The reflectors, either external or internal, are a good and cheap modification to increase the solar irradiation directed to the basin liner or the water as well as the distillate efficiency of the still. In this paper, a broad survey for diverse solar stills with reflectors has been conducted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)638-649
Number of pages12
JournalRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume68
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2017

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  2. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Reflectors
  • Review
  • Solar distillation
  • Solar still

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