Department of Mechanical Engineering M.B.M. Engineering College Faculty of Engineering& Architecture Jai NarainVyas University, Jodhpur.

Proposal For M.E. Seminar.

Name of candidate:-Anand Prakash Pannusa Enrollment no.:Name of guide:-Dr. B.K. Maheshwari Course: - M.E. Thermal Engineering. Title: Different designs and parametric study of solar water distillation system Synopsis:We harness solar energy in many different ways: space heating and cooling, the production of potable water by distillation, disinfection, lighting, hot water, and cooking. Solar technologies are characterized as either passive or active depending on the way the energy is captured, converted, and distributed. Solar distillation is a technology for producing potable water from brackish and underground water of low-quality at low cost. It is a box type structure that can be made of materials such as fiber reinforced plastic (FRP), wood, concrete, or galvanized iron (GI) sheet covered with some insulation. The box is covered with a glass cover. The solar radiation passes through the glass cover. A major portion

of this solar radiation is absorbed by the black painted surface of the basin, generally known as the basin liner. However, a small amount of reflection loss takes place at the glass cover, the water, and the basin liner surfaces. A small amount of solar radiation is also absorbed by the glass cover and water because of their absorptivity. Heat absorbed by the basin liner is transferred to the saline water. The remaining amount of absorbed heat is lost by conduction as bottom heat loss. Heat transfer from the water surface to the glass cover takes place by three mechanisms: evaporation, convection, and radiation. An evaporative heat transfer is a dominant effect, which is responsible for the production of the distillate. Various designs of solar stills have been proposed in last 20 years to enhance their productivity. Mahdi and Smith (1994) worked with V-trough solar concentrator with a wick-type solar still. They carried out outdoor testing with and without solar concentrator to investigate the enhancement of performance of the still by the solar concentrator. Naim and Kawi (2002) worked with a solar still in which charcoal functions both as heat absorber medium and as wick. Hayek and Badran (2003) studied the productivity of fresh water by distillation using two different designs of stills: first, asymmetrical greenhouse type (ASGHT) with mirrors to reflect solar radiation incident on them into the basin, and the second symmetrical greenhouse type solar still. Gad et al. (2004) investigated the performance of a simple solar still with moving clothes wick driven with a DC motor via a control circuit. Aybar et al. (2005) designed and tested an inclined solar water distillation system (ISWD). The ISWD system consists of an inclined flat solar absorber plate covered with glass. It consists of an absorber plate and a glass cover that creates a cavity. Kumar and Kasturi Bai (2007) worked on a vertical basin solar still with improved condensation technique. The condensation occurred due to temperature difference not

only on the glass surface but also on side walls. Thus it provided additional condensation surface on the sidewalls of the still to enhance the distillate yield and the efficiencies of the still. Tabrizi et al. (2010) designed a weir-type cascade solar still (CSS) to increase the amount of distillate water production by providing a minimum air gap, proper distribution of feed water on evaporation surface and better orientation of solar beams and studied the influence of water flow rate on the internal heat and mass transfer and daily productivity of CSS. Senger et al. (2011) designed and fabricated a single basin wick type solar desalination (SBWSD). They carried out the testing at different inclinations for load and no load conditions in winter and summer season. Ahemed et al. (2010) designed and constructed a single slope solar still and a solar still incorporated with a cooling tube. Tabrizi and Sharak (2010) studied an integrated basin solar still with a built-in sandy heat reservoir. Integrated heat reservoir leads to significantly higher solar still productivity during nights and cloudy days. Setoodeh et al. (2010) developed a three-dimensional, two-phase model for evaporation and condensation processes in solar still using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method to simulate the model. In the proposed seminar, a comprehensive review of the available literature is to be presented. References 1. Ahmed H. M., Al Taie A. K. and Almea, Solar water distillation with a cooling tube, International Renewable Energy Congress, November 5-7, 2010, pp. 6-10. 2. Aybar H. S., Egelioglu F. and Atikol U., An experimental study on an inclined solar water distillation system, Desalination, 180, 2005, pp. 285-289.

3. Gad H. E., El-Gayar S. M. and Gad H. E., Performance of a solar still with clothes moving wick, Fifteenth International Water Technology Conference, IWTC, Alexandria, Egypt. 4. Kumar K. Vinoth and KasturiBai R., Performance study on solar still with enhanced condensation, Desalination, 230, 2008, pp. 5161. 5. Mahdi J.T. and Smith B.E., Solar distillation of water using a v-trough solar concentrator with a wick-type solar still, Renewable Energy, Vol.5, Part I, 1994, pp. 520-523. 6. Naima Mona M. and Abd El Kawib Mervat A. Non-conventional solar stills with charcoal particles as absorber medium, Desalination, 153, 2002, pp. 5564. 7. Sengar S. H., Mohod A. G., Khandetod Y. P., Modak S. P. and Gupta D. K., Design and development of wick type solar distillation system, Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management Vol. 2(7), 2011, pp. 125-133. 8. Setoodeh N., Rahimi R. and Ameri A, Modeling and determination of heat transfer coefficient in a solar still using CFD, Desalination, 268, 2011, pp. 103-110. 9. Tabrizi F. F., Dashant M, Moghaddam H. and Razzaghi K., Effect of water flow rate on internal heat and mass transfer and daily productivity of a weir-type cascade solar still, Desalination, 260, 2010, pp. 239-247. 10. Tabrizi F. F. and Sharak A. Z., Experimental study of an integrated basin solar still with a sandy heat reservoir, Desalination, 253, 2010, pp. 195199.

Guided by: Dr. B.K. Maheshwari Asst.Prof. Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Submitted by: Mr. Anand Prakash Pannusa

M.B.M. Engineering College Faculty of engineering & Architecture Jai NarainVyas University, Jodhpur.