Title: Product cost calculations of various designs of conventional solar still systems

Authors: S.K. Shukla

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-211005, India

Abstract: On the basis of experimental results obtained during performance evaluation of five types of solar stills, kept in outdoor conditions on a single plate form, the cost of distilled water produced have been calculated by using a uniform cost analysis method. The experiments were performed at IIT Delhi, India during the years 2001-2002 under summer and winter, both the climatic conditions. It can be concluded that the cost of distilled water produced from a multiwick double slope solar (DSMS) still is lesser than other solar stills due to higher yield/hour. However, for small scale purposes, multiwick single slope solar (SMS) still is a better option.

Keywords: distilled water; performance evaluation; solar stills; economics; India; cost analysis; solar still design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2009.023249

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2009 Vol.4 No.1/2, pp.86 - 97

Published online: 15 Feb 2009 *

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