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Solar Stills Made with Tubes for Sea Water Desalting by Mario Reali; Giovanni Modica is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Solar Stills Made with Tubes for Sea Water Desalting about?
The report concerns basic technological features of simple solar stills utilizing tubes for sea water desalting. The evaporation section comprises horizontal transparent thin-walled plastic or glass tubes, of ~0.10-0.25 m inner diameter, half-filled with sea water which absorbs solar radiation. The condensation section is physically separated from the evaporation section, in a shaded space below it, and comprises horizontal plastic or metal tubes of ~0.01 m inner diameter. The wall thickness of condenser plastic tubes is rather small, ~50 μm. Water vapour released by solar radiation in evaporator tubes flows into condenser tubes to be condensed into produced fresh water by delivering condensation latent heat to atmospheric air. Heat transfer by air convection may be helped by surface winds, often available in coastal areas. Enhanced fresh water productivity is expected with respect to conventional solar stills in which sea water evaporation and water vapour condensation occur in one confined space. Technological features of the proposed solar stills are analysed in some detail and specific experimental work is suggested on prototype solar stills in view of clarifying relevant aspec
Who reads Solar Stills Made with Tubes for Sea Water Desalting?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- Mario Reali; Giovanni Modica
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0011-9164)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)