Experimental Investigation for the Performance of Simple Solar Still in Iraqi North
Omer Khalil Ahmed1, Ahmed Hassan Ahmed2, Khalil Ibrahim Mohammad3
1Omer Khalil Ahmed, Unit of Renewable Energy Research, Technical institute, Hawija, Iraq.
2Ahmed Hassen Ahmed, Unit of Renewable Energy Research, Technical institute, Hawija, Iraq.
3Khalil Ibrahim Mohammad, Department of Physics, University of Kirkuk, College of Science, Iraq.
Manuscript received on November 28, 2013. | Revised Manuscript received on December 12, 2013. | Manuscript published on December 30, 2013. | PP: 193-198 | Volume-3, Issue-2, December 2013. | Retrieval Number: B2425123213/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: The aims of this research to present the possibility of using simple solar still to distillation of saline water in the northern areas of Iraq as well as to verify the reliability of research results published in the past to reach the standard adopted in determining the operational variables which affecting on the performance of solar still A series of tests to demonstrate the effect of the thickness of water in the basin on the productivity of solar still, the study showed productivity distilled rely mainly on the thick layer of water and it was also noted that the presence of local wind reduces the performance of solar still, but slightly. The presence of dye in the water was reduced the productivity of still and therefore, this option is not desirable to reach an improvement in the still productivity, except in the case of the use of special pigments to absorb large quantities of solar radiation, which imported materials and increase the cost of distillation. It also increased the salinity of the water in the basin of still leading to reduction in productivity and this reduction increased with the increased concentration of salt.
Keywords: Effect of Operational variables, Solar still, Performance.