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Periodic theory of solar still
Author(s) -
Nayak J. K.,
Tiwari G. N.,
Sodha M. S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440040106
Subject(s) - solar still , distillation , yield (engineering) , water mass , structural basin , mathematics , environmental science , meteorology , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , geology , desalination , chromatography , biochemistry , oceanography , membrane , paleontology
Abstract This paper presents a periodic analysis for estimating the distillate output of a single‐basin‐type still with large water depth, when the still (i) rests on the ground and (ii) is mounted on a stand. Our observations on the mounted still are in good agreement with the theory. the theory also provides theoretical basis for two well‐known experimental results, viz. ,(i) The daily yield of the distillate is independent of the insulation in a ground still (Bloemer et al. 1 ), (ii) The daily yield of distillate for a large mass in the water basin in independent of the water mass.