IMPROVED SOLAR STILL

A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE

OF

Bachelor of Technology
IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (7TH SEMESTAR) Of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha Under supervision of Mrs. CHANDANA SUBUDHI
BY

MRUTYUNJAY PRADHAN -0901230238 BISWAJEET CHAKRABARTY -0901230246 ASHOK K TUDU -0901230173 ROHIT KUMAR -0901230024 RAMESH KUMAR DHAL -0901230269 BIJAYINEE PANDA -0901230160 RESHMA PABITRA DASH -0901230143

SYNERGY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DHENKANAL 759001, INDIA

SYNERGY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHENKANAL-759001 INDIA

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that project report entitled IMPROVED SOLAR STILL submitted by MRITYUNJAYA PRADHAN, BISWAJEET CHAKRABARTY

RESHMA PABITRA DASH, ASHOK K TUDU, ROHIT KUMAR, RAMESHKUMAR DHAL, BIJAYINEE PANDA in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Bachelor

of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering at Synergy institute of Engineering and Technology ,Dhenkanal of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela is an authentic work carried out by them under our supervision and guidance. To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in the project has not been submitted to any other University for the award of any degree or diploma.

Mrs. Chandana Subudhi (Supervisor)

Dr.(Prof.) B.B .Sahoo (Dept.Of Mechanical Engg.)

SYNERGY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING&TECHNOLOGY,DHENKANAL 759001 INDIA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We express a deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness to Mrs.Chandana Subudhi and for her invaluable encouragement, helpful suggestions, moral support and affection. Her priceless and meticulous supervision at each and every phase of work inspired us in innumerable ways. Our sincere thanks to Dr.B.B.Sahoo, theHead of the Department, S.I.E.T, Dhenkanal, for granting permission to use the facilities available in the institute for this study. We thank Prof.(Dr)M.S.Khan ,Mechanical Engineering for his kind cooperation in

academic matters and support during this seminar works. We also express our thankfulness to the encouragement from faculty and staff members of the Mechanical Engineering Department for their continuous encouragement and suggestions. Last, but not the least, we are indebted to all those who remained behind the scene and without their help this project would not have been possible.

MRUTYUNJAY PRADHAN BISWAJEET CHAKRABARTY ASHOK K TUDU ROHIT KUMAR RAMESH KUMAR DHAL BIJAYINEE PANDA RESHMA PABITRA DASH

-0901230238 -0901230246 -0901230173 -0901230024 -0901230269 -0901230160 -0901230143

ABSTRACT

Fluoride contaminated drinking water is a severe problem in many parts of the world because of fluoride-related health hazards, which are considered to be a major environmental problem today. The present work is aimed at utilizing solar energy for removal of fluoride from drinking water by using a solar still. Also tests have been conducted with the solar still to find out hourly output rate and still efficiencies with various test matrixes. It is observed that the distillate from solar still showed a fluoride reduction of 9296%. Further, the efficiency of solar still got increased by 11% when capacity of water in the solar basin was raised from 10 to 20 L. Upon suitable modification of the solar basin with appropriate base liner and insulation, this efficiency of the solar still is found to be further increased by 6% with a 20 L basin capacity. Keywords Solar still; Solar intensity; Blackened base liner; Distillate output; Solar efficiency