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SOLAR DISTILLATION
Under the guidance of Dr G. N. Rameshiah (IIT-M) (Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BMSCE) By, Aakash B (1BM08CH001) Ajay Vijendra (1BM08CH002) Harshith Urs N R (1BM08CH022)

FEBRUARY-2012

BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(Autonomous College under VTU, Aided by GOK, Approved by AICTE) DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
P.O. Box No.: 1908 Bull Temple Road Bangalore - 560 019 Karnataka, India. Phone: +91-80-26622130-35 (6 lines) Fax: +91-80-26614357 Website: http://www.bmsce.in

..................................................................................................................................... ABSTRACT
There is almost no water left on earth that is safe to drink without purification after 20-25 years from today. This is a seemingly bold statement, but it is unfortunately true. Only 1% of Earth's water is in a fresh, liquid state, and nearly all of this is polluted by both diseases and toxic chemicals. For this reason, purification of water supplies is extremely important. Keeping these things in mind, we are going to design a model which will convert the dirty/saline water into pure/potable water using the renewable source of energy (i.e. solar energy). The basic modes of the heat transfer involved are radiation, convection and conduction. The results are obtained by evaporation of the dirty/saline water and fetching it out as pure/drinkable water. ..

Introduction:
Water is the basic necessity for human along with food and air. There is almost no water left on Earth that is safe to drink without purification. Only 1% of Earth's water is in a fresh, liquid state, and nearly all of this is polluted by both diseases and toxic chemicals. For this reason, purification of water supplies is extremely important. Moreover, typical purification systems are easily damaged or compromised by disasters, natural or otherwise. This results in a very challenging situation for individuals trying to prepare for such situations, and keep themselves and their families safe from the myriad diseases and toxic chemicals present in untreated water. Everyone wants to find out the solution of above problem with the available sources of energy in order to achieve pure water. Fortunately there is a solution to these problems. It is a technology that is not only capable of removing a very wide variety of contaminants in just one step, but is simple, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly. That is use of solar energy.Distillation is one of many processes available for water purification, and sunlight is one of several forms of heat energy that can be used to power that process. Sunlight has the advantage of zero fuel cost but it requires more space (for its collection). Many levels of purification can be achieved with this process, depending upon the intended application.

OBJECTIVE:
Designing a solar still. Cost estimation of the solar still. Building the solar still. Testing the efficiency of the still.

PLAN OF ACTION: Design of the solar still Selection of materials for the construction of solar still. Estimation of cost for the construction of solar still. Design of prototype of the solar still. Cost estimation of the prototype. Building the prototype. Testing the output efficiency and power efficiency of the prototype. Testing the quality of the output i.e. the distilled water. Listing out the further possible improvement in the design for better efficiency.

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