EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SINGLE SLOPE BASIN SOLAR STILL FOR DESALINATION WITH MAGNIFYING LENSES

Abstract

One of the major problems with human beings is to fulfill growing demands for freshwater resources, fossil fuel depletion, and climate change. People living in remote areas worldwide, especially underdeveloped countries, need more access to safe drinking water, energy, and environmental security. All highlighted needs desalination of saline water powered by renewable energy. Water desalination with solar energy is the best option for countries with abundant solar energy potential. This study focuses on novel design, development, and water quality analysis of modifying single slope basin still for desalination of hard water experimentally. The solar still in this research work was designed using AutoCAD software, fabricated with glass material, modified with polyethylene sheet, nanoparticles, and magnifying lenses, and finally tested in the climate of Jamshoro city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The experimental results revealed that incorporating magnifying lenses into essential solar still led to the highest yield of distilled water at 320 mL/h.