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@article{176982,
        author = {Mohit Raut and Shubham Sangale and Yogesh Nirmal and N.B. Chavan},
        title = {Performance Evaluation of solar Distillation},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {12},
        pages = {3658-3664},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=176982},
        abstract = {Solar distillation is a clean and eco-friendly way to purify water, especially in areas where clean water is hard to find. However, its performance often drops due to changes in sunlight during the day. To improve this, Phase Change Materials (PCMs) like paraffin wax and sodium sulfate were used in place of regular insulation in a solar still. PCMs can absorb and store heat when the sun is strong and release it later when sunlight is weak or gone. This helps keep the water temperature steady, increases the rate of evaporation, reduces heat loss, and improves the total amount of purified water collected. In this study, using sodium sulfate as a PCM increased the system’s efficiency by about 10–15% compared to a solar still without PCM. The experiment show that adding PCMs is a useful way to make solar distillation systems work better and produce more clean water throughout the day and night
This article examines solar still desalination as well as current research on solar still system performance. Rapid industrialization and civilization have led to waste disposal and human ignorance, which has resulted in water contamination over time and throughout the world. Among the several methods available, solar distillation is one of the most effective ways to address this issue. However, it is not commercially viable in the market because of its poor efficiency. The performance of the solar still can be enhanced with a few adjustments.},
        keywords = {Solar distillation, Phase Change Material (PCM), Paraffin wax, Sodium sulfate, Latent heat storage, Water purification, Thermal energy storage, Renewable energy.},
        month = {May},
        }