Research Article
A Cost Effective Desalination Plant Using a Solar Chimney with Recycled Aluminum Can Collector
Table 1
Dimensions and specifications of RAC solar collector.
| S. number | Assumption(s) | Specification(s) |
| 1 | Solar irradiation | 1000 W/m2 | 2 | Collector area | 1.5 × 0.6 m2 | 3 | Base plate temperature | Constant | 4 | Absorber plate material | Black painted aluminium | 5 | Ambient temperature | 28°C | 6 | Inlet air temperature | 32°C | 7 | Double glazing | Applied | 8 | Wind velocity | 2 m/s | 9 | Tempered glass emissivity | 0.88 | 10 | Tempered glass transmissivity | 0.85 | 11 | Tilt angle of collector | 80° | 12 | Testing Time | 8 hours per day | 13 | Black paint absorber plate emissivity | 0.09 |
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