Experimental Study on An Inclined Pyramid-Type Single Basin Solar Pond For Water Distillation

Abstract

The major problem for most developing countries is the shortage of good and clean drinking water. In the present experimental study, the conventional basin type has been modified to inclined pyramid single basin solar pond and produced distillate from the still. Tests were carried out for different water samples, namely saline water and mud water with a quantity of 750 g of salt in 10 L of freshwater and 10 L of mud water, respectively. To conduct the experiment, solar radiation has been checked by using a pyranometer. In order to enhance the distillate efficiency, the glass roof inclined angle was maintained as 61.9°. Both for desalination and mud water purification performances were observed. Both the experiments were conducted on inclined-type single basin solar pond set-up. The laboratory results showed that the pH values for desalination and mud water purification were 7.4 and 7.2, respectively. The total desalination and mud water purification efficiencies were found 15 and 16%, respectively, also the total solar radiation on glass cover was 6 kWh/m2/day and the average ambient temperature was 26 °C. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2021.