Water is the secret of life. People demand more and more water. Solar stills generate distilled water. The present project involved designing and evaluating a heat exchanger-connected solar collector and solar still system. The effects of nanofluids on solar collector performance and solar still productivity were studied. Hybrid and mono ZnO/WO3- water nanofluids have been produced in two steps. Individual and mixed nanofluids have a volume concentration of 0.035%. Four hybrid nanofluids with varying ZnO and WO3 concentrations were examined. Nanofluid stability has been established. The thermal conductivity of nanofluids increased by 5.18–24.8%. The thermal optical efficiency of the solar collector was 0.708, with energy removal parameters of 34.888. The heat removal factor was raised to 0.8 for mono ZnO nanofluid. At a concentration of 0.035%, ZnO/water nanofluid can produce 3.14 kg of distilled water … |
