Research Article

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

Table 4

Hourly variations of measured parameters in May 2018 with chrome mirror silver vinyl wrap material of CPC.

TimeThe intensity of solar radiation ()Ambient temp. ()Outside ETC temptOutlet 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