Solar distillation is a process that is friendly to the environment. It is used in remote locations. Every study is aimed at improving the performance of solar stills. Palm fibers were utilized as an enhancement material in our research. As a result, four identical solar stills were put to the test in the same meteorological conditions. As the reference SSR, the first solar still is used. The palm fiber amounts in the other three modified solar stills, SSM1, SSM2 and SSM3, are 40, 80 and 120g, respectively. According to the findings, the improvement rates for SSM1, SSM2 and SSM3 were 11.9, 24.5 and 35.6%, respectively.

solar energy, solar distillation, polluted water, water treatment.

Received: February 28, 2022; Revised: March 30, 2022; Accepted: April 12, 2022; Published: May 31, 2022

How to cite this article: Abdelmonem Miloudi, Abderrahmane Khechekhouche and Imad Kermerchou, Polluted groundwater treatment by solar stills with palm fibers, JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 27 (2022), 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0973576322020

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