eprintid: 11067 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/10/67 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:25:37 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:25:37 status_changed: 2023-11-10 01:14:26 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Riahi, A. creators_name: Zakaria, N.A. creators_name: Isa, M.H. creators_name: Wan Yusof, K. creators_name: Mahinder Singh, B.S. creators_name: Mustaffa, Z. creators_name: Takaijudin, H. title: Performance investigation of a solar still having polythene film cover and black painted stainless steel basin integrated with a photovoltaic module�direct current heater ispublished: pub keywords: Distillation; Photovoltaic cells; Polyethylenes; Potable water; Solar heating; Stainless steel; Water quality, black painted stainless steel basin; Direct current; Polythene film; Solar stills; Water production, Solar power generation, film; photovoltaic system; solar power; steel structure note: cited By 3 abstract: This work investigated the performance of two solar stills with similar polythene film cover and black painted stainless steel basin. One was a passive solar still and the other named active solar still was augmented with an external heat source of a photovoltaic module with output power of 45.9 W and a direct current heater. The maximum daily water production of active solar still and passive solar still was 4.36 and 3.21 L/m2, respectively. The estimated cost per L/m2 for active solar still and passive solar still was USD 0.045 and 0.015, respectively. The quality of water produced from both solar stills met World Health Organization drinking water standards. © The Author(s) 2019. date: 2019 publisher: SAGE Publications Inc. official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070254727&doi=10.1177%2f0958305X19865039&partnerID=40&md5=3b82b9a07562f2f110366512c52cfb94 id_number: 10.1177/0958305X19865039 full_text_status: none publication: Energy and Environment volume: 30 number: 8 pagerange: 1521-1535 refereed: TRUE issn: 0958305X citation: Riahi, A. and Zakaria, N.A. and Isa, M.H. and Wan Yusof, K. and Mahinder Singh, B.S. and Mustaffa, Z. and Takaijudin, H. (2019) Performance investigation of a solar still having polythene film cover and black painted stainless steel basin integrated with a photovoltaic module�direct current heater. Energy and Environment, 30 (8). pp. 1521-1535. ISSN 0958305X