An experimental investigation of sea water distillation using flat absorber plate and fin absorber plate with PCM storage

Abstract

The presented study investigates the experiment of the thermal performance of sea water solar distillation system using flat absorber plate and fin absorber plate with phase change material (PCM) storage. The two distillation systems operated simultaneously under the same conditions to study its thermal performances. The experimental investigation shows that the distillation using fin absorber plate with PCM storage achieves better thermal performance than that of using flat absorber plate. The daily water productivity of the distillation using fin absorber plate with PCM is 262.75 mL m−2 in average and the other one is 142.85 mL m−2 in average. The average daily efficiency increases of 48.5 % of the distillation using fin absorber plate with PCM storage compared with the distillation using flat absorber plate. Using absorber plate with fin and PCM storage in the distillation system contributes to increase the thermal performance of the system.