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Performance evaluation of solar distillation using vacuum tube coupled with photovoltaic system

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The distillation is one of the important methods of getting distilled water using the free energy supply from the sun. This study presented a short review on solar still distillation. Also, the study is to enhance the thermal performance of stills through coupling the still with the Super Heat Conduction Metal Vacuum Tube (SHCMV). A SHCMV process achieved a continuous operating mode fully operated using flat plat photovoltaic system. The SHCMV has produced 12 l/m2/day, whereas the traditional solar still produced around 1 l/m2/day of distilled water. The SHCMV increased the yield to around 90%. The SHCMV gave more than 60% efficiency for more than 5 h during the daylight.

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  1. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Applied Science University, Al-Balqa, Jordan

    S. Abdallah

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, FET, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Balqa, Jordan

    M. M. Abu-Khader

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, FET, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Balqa, Jordan

    O. Badran

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Abdallah, S., Abu-Khader, M.M. & Badran, O. Performance evaluation of solar distillation using vacuum tube coupled with photovoltaic system. Appl. Sol. Energy 45, 176–180 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0003701X09030098

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