Water Depth and Surface Area Extension Correlation Effect on Single Basin Solar Still

This work examines the effect of 4kg, 6kg, 8kg, and 10kg water depth on the efficiency of a passive (single basin solar still) coupled with surface area extension (Fins). Three different configurations of the system were designed and fabricated as follows: SBSS, SBSS4, and SBSS8. These configurations were studied concurrently while data on the water vapors temperature, absorber plate temperature, covered glass temperature, Ambient temperature, solar irradiation, and daily water production were collected. The empirical findings show that in terms of daily productivity, the SBSS8 performed best with 3.7 kg/m2/day with a water depth of 6kg while SBSS produced the least with 2.3 kg/m2/day with a water depth of 8kg.