TY - JOUR
TI - Thermo-economic performance of inclined solar water distillation systems
AU - Agboola Phillips O
AU - Al-Mutaz Ibrahim S
AU - Egelioglu Fuat
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 12
SP - 557
EP - 570
PT - Article
AB - This study investigates the thermo-economic performance of different  configurations of inclined solar water desalination for parameters such as  daily production, efficiency, system cost and distilled water production  cost. The four different configurations considered for this study are as  follows; 1. Inclined solar water distillation with bare absorber plate  (IISWD) with daily production of 5.46 kg/m2 day and daily efficiency of 48.3%.  2. Inclined solar water distillation with wick on absorber plate (IISWDW)  with daily production of 6.41kg/m2 day and daily efficiency 50.3%. 3. Inclined  solar water distillation with wire mesh on absorber plate (IISWDWM) with  daily production n of 3.03 kg/m2 day and daily efficiency 32.6%. 4. Inclined  solar water distillation with bare absorber plate (ISWD). (Control System)  with daily production of 3.25 kg/m2 day and daily efficiency of 40.1%. The  systems potable water cost price ranges from 0.03 $/L for IISWDW to 0.06$/L  for IISWDWM System. All the systems are economically and technically feasible  as a solar distillation system for potable water in Northern Cyprus. The  price of potable water from water vendors/hawkers ranges from 0.11-0.16 $/L.  It is more economically viable to have the rooftop inclined solar water  desalination system than procuring potable water from vendors.`