Research Article

Effect of Design Parameters on Fresh Water Produced from Triangular Basin and Conventional Basin Solar Still

Table 2

Comparison of yield and thermal efficiency from the CBSS and TBSS.

Date of experimentDaily yield (kg/m2)Daily efficiency (%)Total solar radiation (W/m2)Improvement in yield (%)
MSSCSSMSSCSS

12.12.20183.242.8238.2833.32530312.96
15.12.20183.352.8438.7932.88541215.22
19.12.20183.122.7437.2432.70525012.17
25.12.20183.412.9139.2433.49544514.66