Parametric study of basin saline water in single slope solar still using CFD modeling

Abstract

In this simulation, the parametric performance of basin saline water in single slope solar still has been analyzed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The two-phase and three dimensional solar still model has been created using ANSYS FLUENT v19.2 software to analyze the water volume, water density, water temperature, vapor velocity, vapor density and vapor volume. The entire solar still model was considered under the quasi-static conditions and the results observed in mid, right and left planes. The prediction of heat, mass and momentum transfers in saline water and vapor were differed in each planes. The maximum hourly productivity of about 680 ml was observed during the simulation. The predicted results confirmed that, the CFD is a much effective tool for design and modeling the thermal equipment.