Design and Construction of Solar Still-Solar Water Heater Hybrid for Small Scale Application

Abstract

Abstract

Solar still-solar water heater hybrid for small scale application has been designed and constructed and tested in this study. The construction began with designing and developing isolated units of single-slope solar still, solar water heater and water storage tank separately. These were then coupled together to form the hybrid system. To test its efficacy, the hybrid was subjected to perform distillation alongside a conventional type single-slope solar still of the same dimensions under the same atmospheric conditions for seven days. At the end of the experimental test, it was discovered that the highest water and glass temperatures (55 and 43°C) were recorded for the hybrid still as against the conventional still with 45 and 38°C for water and glass respectively. The average daily cumulative yield of distilled water obtained from solar still-solar water heater hybrid was found to be 440 ml and that of conventional single slope solar still was 155 ml. It was concluded that the performance of hybrid still is greater than that of conventional still of the same dimension under the same operating conditions.

Keywords: Solar still, solar heater, hybrid

Cite this Article

Muhammad Sabiu Bala, Saidu Aminu, Umar Sadik, Aliyu Aminu Safana, Adamu Ibrahim Usman. Design and Construction of Solar Still-Solar Water Heater Hybrid for Small Scale Application. Journal of Alternate Energy Sources and Technologies. 2017; 8(2): 11–16p.