TY - JOUR
T1 - A Fundamental Study of the Performance of a Multiple Effect Solar Still (2nd Report, Experimental Analysis on the Upward Heating Type Still under the Actual Outdoor Insolation)
AU - Tanaka, Kotaro
AU - Okamura, Hideaki
AU - Kan, Makoto
AU - Watanabe, Koichi
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Two different types of the multiple effect solar still have been designed and constructed. The difference between them exists in the different methods of collecting solar insolation. The first still (7 stages with a 1.05 m2 evaporating area) is associated with the fixed and concentrated type reverse flat plate collector, whereas the second still (5 stages with a 0.41 m2 evaporating area) is equipped with a heat-pipe collecting system. The results we have observed throughout the outdoor experiments show that the possible maximum total amount of daily productivity would reach about 14 kg/(m2d) for the multiple effect solar still, and we can expect an improved distillation performance over the ordinary single effect solar still by three times, while another type of multiple effect still may improve by about two times.
AB - Two different types of the multiple effect solar still have been designed and constructed. The difference between them exists in the different methods of collecting solar insolation. The first still (7 stages with a 1.05 m2 evaporating area) is associated with the fixed and concentrated type reverse flat plate collector, whereas the second still (5 stages with a 0.41 m2 evaporating area) is equipped with a heat-pipe collecting system. The results we have observed throughout the outdoor experiments show that the possible maximum total amount of daily productivity would reach about 14 kg/(m2d) for the multiple effect solar still, and we can expect an improved distillation performance over the ordinary single effect solar still by three times, while another type of multiple effect still may improve by about two times.
KW - Energy Engineering
KW - Heat-Pipe Type Solar Collector
KW - Multiple Effect Solar Still
KW - Reverse Flat Plate Solar Collector
KW - Solar Collector
KW - Solar Energy
KW - Solar Still
KW - Thermal Engineering Equipment
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U2 - 10.1299/kikaib.53.3771
DO - 10.1299/kikaib.53.3771
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023560711
VL - 53
SP - 3771
EP - 3779
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
SN - 0387-5016
IS - 496
ER -