Experimental study and analysis on single slope single basin solar still with zeolite crystals as storage materials

Abstract

We humans find solutions for every problem around us. Taking an environmental problem for water scarcity we have come up with a traditional idea but a bit modified. We have used solar distillation as the basic concept and developed a single slope single basin solar still (SSSBSS) where we have used a storage material that is rarely used for this process and have carried out the research work in it. The experimental study is carried for a single slope single basin solar still (SSSBSS) under two cases (i) SSSBSS (ii) SSSBSS with zeolite crystals as storage materials. The still was made of galvanized iron (GI) and the sides were insulated with polystyrene. It has a basin area of 1 m2. Bore water of Coimbatore which is a bit salty was taken as the feed water. The test was carried out at Kuniyamuthur, Coimbatore during 10th, 11th, 12th of February 2021. Even though it was winter, the output was average. By the comparison using zeolite crystals, the efficiency was doubled compared to the first case.