Empirical investigation of two designs of incline solar water desalination system

• Authors: Phillips Agboola , Fuat Egelioglu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents an experimental investigation of two incline solar water desalination (ISWD) systems. One design uses spray jets for spraying water onto the absorber plate, while the other uses a longitudinal slot for getting the inlet water on the absorber plate. The first ever ISWD system constructed and tested by Aybar et al (2005) used the longitudinal slot with a maximum daily production of 2.995 kg/m2 day. The Aybar et al design produced 3.4 kg/m2-day while the new design produced 6.41 kg/m2-day for wick on absorber plate system day during the hottest months in Famagusta (July-August 2010). Also tested was the influence of porous media (wire mesh), wick on the absorber plate. The effect of number of spray jets used in the system on the daily productivity and efficiency of the systems were also investigated.

Keywords

EN

Incline solar water desalination system; spray jets; efficiency; potable water; porous media; wick

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 35-40

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2012

online

3 - 4 - 2012

Contributors

author

Phillips Agboola

• Mechanical Engineering Department, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, via Mersin 10, Turkey

author

Fuat Egelioglu

• Mechanical Engineering Department, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, via Mersin 10, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10026-012-0056-7