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Function |
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Converting salt water into potable water |
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Specification |
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i. Base |
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Area : 15 m2
Concrete : 1:5:10
Wearing coat : 1:1.5:3
7.5 cm thick black coated
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ii. Side walls |
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Brick masonry
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iii. Roof |
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Glass roof on steel truss
Thickness of glass : 5 mm
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iv. Distilled water collecting channel
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Aluminium |
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v. Tank |
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Two numbers in brick masonry structure
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General Information |
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The unit is a basin type solar distillation plant of masonry construction, with a basin area of 15 m2 and slope of the glass cover is 15°.
The distilled water sliding down the slope of the bottom of the glass cover is collected at the end along the aluminium channels. The channels are fixed with a slope to collect the water at the end where the water drops in to the tank through the end cover and pipe at the bottom.
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Cost of operation
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Rs.6/h |
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Salient features |
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The still can yield 3 to 4 liters of distilled water per square meter area of the basin in a day.
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