Authors : Z. Haddad and N. Boukerzaza
Abstract: The lack of water progresses at a rhythm that all the experts, judge dangerous for the future of humanity. The desalination of brackish water and sea water can answer the supplying drinking water, in particular of the Third World countries. If the requirements of fresh water are relatively weak, solar distillation seems an interesting solution, in particular in the arid and isolated regions. However, the output of such process remains extremely limited. The main purpose of this work consists to consider the coupling of a spherical solar still and a plane collector. The obtained results show clearly that the performances of the new device are better than those of the solar still when it is used alone. The effect of many parameters on working characteristics is also studied. The confrontation of the numerical results with those resulting from the experiment shows a good agreement.
Z. Haddad and N. Boukerzaza , 2008. Coupling of a Spherical Solar Still with a Collector. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 3: 317-321.