Research Article

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

Table 3

Hourly variations of measured parameters in May 2018 with reflective white paint of CPC.

TimeThe intensity of solar radiation ()Ambient temp. ()Outside ETC temp.Outlet water temp.Temp. of CPCWind velocity (m/sec)Rate of soft water (kg/m2/h)

07:0022022.727.529.427.93.200.00
08:0025022.931.833.632.93.520.05
09:0027823.736.940.237.83.530.09
10:0034524.843.543.744.34.320.12
11:0048725.755.360.357.44.500.17
12:0062031.662.865.365.35.000.20
13:0073532.567.969.469.45.030.25
14:0087534.776.879.479.55.420.27
15:0093035.285.487.487.34.830.35
16:0081032.571.375.473.44.200.27
17:0057328.756.260.359.44.010.20
18:0024525.545.147.547.43.820.15