Performance evaluation of a modified design of a single slope solar still Original Research Article

There is a strong need to look at various possible designs that can be implemented to improve the single slope solar still performance through increasing the production rate of distilled water. Design modifications were introduced to the conventional solar still, involving the installation of reflecting mirrors on all interior sides, replacing the flat basin by a step-wise basin, and by coupling the conventional solar still with a sun tracking system. The inclusion of internal mirrors improved the system thermal performance up to 30%, while step-wise basin enhanced the performance up to 180% and finally the coupling of the step-wise basin with sun tracking system gave the highest thermal performance with an average of 380%.