Abstract
In this communication, an attempt has been made to find out the effect of water capacity on internal and external heat transfer for a solar distillation system. It is a well-known fact that the distillate output decreases significantly with the increase of water depth in the basin of the solar still. A single slope basin type solar still is fabricated with inner dimensions of 1000mm x 500mm (effective area 0.5 m2) and the glass cover is tilted at 10° with respect to the horizontal. The objective of the present paper is to study the effect of water capacity on the cumulative energy balance of the distillation system. It is inferred that the internal and external heat transfer depends significantly on the water capacity in the basin. It is also observed that the evaporative, radiative and convective heat transfer from water to glass are plays an important role on the performance of the distillation system
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