Abstract
Solar desalination systems using flat plate or concentrating collectors are still in the development stage. Two main stages in the advancement of any solar desalination systems, namely design and performance are analyzed in the present work. In the design stage, the solar system together with the MSF chamber parameters are selected and analyzed to attain at the proper system configurations and operating conditions. Solar systems including flat plate and concentrating collectors with different collector fluids are investigated. The solar data are calculated for clear sky and corrected according to measurements. As a result the interaction of the design configurations and the thermal operating conditions are analyzed. A stage - to- stage design of the MSF chamber and the system transient performance are carried out. According to the selected solar system and MSF parameters, the transient performance analysis is obtained by modelling the system thermal performance through a small interval of time. As a result, transient system useful heat gain,distillate productivity, temperature, and other pertaining paraemeters are obtained. Some comparative results are included from measurements obtained from solar desalination plants operated in U.A.E.
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