Effect of Reflecting Material on CPC to Improve the Performance of Hybrid Groundwater Solar Desalination System

Table 2

Hourly variations of measured parameters in May 2018 with Al foil material of CPC.

Time	The intensity of solar radiation ()	Ambient temp. ()	Outside ETC temp.	Outlet water temp.	Temp. of CPC (°C)	Wind velocity (m/sec)	Rate of soft water (kg/m^2/h)
07:00	220	22.7	27.5	29.4	27.9	3.20	0.01
08:00	250	22.9	31.8	33.6	32.9	3.52	0.05
09:00	278	23.7	36.9	40.2	37.8	3.53	0.09
10:00	345	24.8	43.5	43.7	44.3	4.32	0.12
11:00	487	25.7	55.3	60.3	57.4	4.50	0.17
12:00	620	31.6	62.8	65.3	65.3	5.00	0.20
13:00	735	32.5	67.9	69.4	69.4	5.03	0.25
14:00	875	34.7	76.8	79.4	79.5	5.42	0.27
15:00	930	35.2	85.4	87.4	87.3	4.83	0.35
16:00	810	32.5	71.3	75.4	73.4	4.20	0.27
17:00	573	28.7	56.2	60.3	59.4	4.01	0.20
18:00	245	25.5	45.1	47.5	47.4	3.82	0.15