Abstract
Solar desalting systems are used for maintaining the shortage of fresh water in distant areas where sunlight is available in great quantity. These solar stills are working on the principle of evaporation and condensation for generating potable water. These systems are about maintenance-free requiring minimum manpower and can be made-up by materials voluntarily available in local market. A variety of designs of single basin passive solar stills are used to enhance the efficiency and rate of fresh distillate output. It helps in fulfilling the existing gap between the demands against the fresh water supply. Guarantee of freshwater availability for the world is an immense challenge. In the present work, various types of specially designed single basin passive solar distillation systems have been reviewed and concluded on behalf of economic, self-sustainable, and production rate with some new challenges.
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Singh, D.B., Singh, A.K., Navneet, K., Dwivedi, V.K., Yadav, J.K., Singh, G. (2019). Performance Analysis of Special Design Single Basin Passive Solar Distillation Systems: A Comprehensive Review. In: Prasad, A., Gupta, S., Tyagi, R. (eds) Advances in Engineering Design . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6469-3_27
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