EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A SOLAR STILL WITH JUTE CLOTH PLACED IN THE BASIN

In this work, experiments have been conducted on a solar still to find the effect of increasing the area of absorption (using jute cloth) and the water depth on the productivity of the solar stills. Experiments were done simultaneously on two stills with different water depths. The readings were taken from still with jute cloth suspended lengthwise in the still and partially immersed in water and compared with the conventional still. The experiments were done for three days (27.03.15, 28.03.15, 29.03.15) for depths of water such as 2, 3 and 4 cm. The results indicated that the productivity of the still with jute cloth was 8.5% more than the conventional still. Also, it was proved that the productivity was highest with the minimum depth of water.