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Augmenting the productivity of stepped distiller by corrugated and curved liners, CuO/paraffin wax, wick, and vapor suctioning

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This paper aimed to improve the thermal performance of the stepped solar still. So, the effects of using different types of basin liners (corrugated and curved basin liners), jute cloth wick, CuO/paraffin wax, and vapor suction on the stepped solar still performance were investigated. The CuO/paraffin wax was placed into a groove parallel to the basin steps’ liner. Also, the stepped distiller was integrated with an external condensation unit. The experimental results revealed that using the corrugated and curved liners increased the productivity of the modified stepped solar still (MSSS) by 42% and 33%, respectively. In addition, using the corrugated liner with wick, corrugated liner with wick and CuO/paraffin wax, corrugated liner with wick, CuO/paraffin wax, and vapor suction improved the freshwater productivity of the distiller by 95%, 127%, and 170%, respectively. At the last studied case (MSSS with corrugated liner, wick, CuO/paraffin wax, and vapor suction), the daily freshwater productivities of the MSSS and conventional still (CSS) were 7000 and 2600 mL/m2·day, respectively. Also, the thermal efficiency of MSSS was calculated as 59% which was obtained at the last studied case. And the efficiency of the CSS was 35%. Besides, the distilled water cost of CSS and MSSS with corrugated liner with wick, CuO/paraffin wax, and vapor suction was 0.023 and 0.014 $/L, respectively.

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This study is supported by Taif University Researchers Supporting Project number (TURSP-2020/49), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. The authors would like to thank the Taif University for financial support.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt

    Fadl Abdelmonem Essa & Zakaria Omara

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

    Abdelkader Abdullah

  3. Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    Abdelkader Abdullah, Abd Elnaby Kabeel & Mohamed Abdelgaied

  4. Research Center for Solar Energy, Department of Physics, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Green Fields, Guntur District, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, 522502, India

    Sengottiyan Shanmugan

  5. Mechanical Engineering Department, Government Engineering College Patan, Katpur, Gujarat, India

    Hitesh Panchal

  6. Faculty of Engineering, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa, Egypt

    Abd Elnaby Kabeel

  7. Department of Mechanical Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Arasur, Coimbatore, 641407, Tamil Nadu, India

    Ravishankar Sathyamurthy

  8. Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 600 048, India

    Muthu Manokar Athikesavan

  9. Department of Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt

    Ammar Elsheikh

  10. Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Bahaa Saleh

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Essa, F.A., Omara, Z., Abdullah, A. et al. Augmenting the productivity of stepped distiller by corrugated and curved liners, CuO/paraffin wax, wick, and vapor suctioning. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 56955–56965 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14669-w

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