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Most important design parameters influencing the productivity are optimization of glass inclination, absorber plate area, free surface area of water and depth of water.
The contact of the glass with the lips with a proper glass inclination of approximately 45° (T3) marked the end of bringing-to-mouth and the beginning of drinking phase.
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Therefore, the proposed still should have an inclination of glass tilt angle equal to the latitude of the place.
(2016) have studied the effect of glass cover inclination angle on conventional solar still.
They have found that proper glass cover inclination angle can improve the still productivity up to 22.3%.
(2016) have also studied the influence of glass cover inclination angle on radiation heat transfer rate within stepped solar still, and they found that taking radiation shape factor into account is very important at low solar insolation.
Recently, El-Maghlany (2015) optimized the glass cover inclination angle of double slope solar still and concluded that optimum cover tilt angle depends on the direction of each surface to the south direction.
The optimum inclination of glass cover was calculated to be 33.3o for both summer and winter.
This article reviews various factors that influence the performance of the solar still like solar radiation intensity, temperature difference, collector area, basin water depth, insulation, angle of inclination, thickness of glass cover plate, wind velocity and a few methods for improving the quantity of distillate produced.
In conventional basin-type still, the gap distance and water depth cannot be maintained at minimum level as the basin area is large and the angle of inclination of the glass cover creates a huge gap between the cover and the basin.
It was stated that for the generation of fresh water the design parameters i.e. height of glass from the desiccant material bed, inclination in angle, effective thickness of glass and number of glazing are 0.22 m, 30º, 3 mm and single respectively.
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