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DIY solar distiller

This simplest solar distiller for distilled water works purely on solar energy and nothing else. It is not difficult to collect it and everyone can do it. Its final performance is not high, but 100% free. And to solve some domestic needs, it may well work.

Will need


  • Three plastic bottles of 1.5-2 liters, any shape.
  • Two plastic bottles with a volume of 0.25-0.33 liters.

Given today's products, all this can be easily found in any grocery store.
And you will also need: sealant (hot glue can be used instead).
From the tools: stationery knife, felt-tip pen.
DIY solar distiller

How to make a solar distiller


So, let's start manufacturing a solar distiller. First, cut the bottom of the small bottles with a knife.
DIY solar distiller

Then we take one large bottle, and closer to its neck we put small bottles in a row. We circle with a felt-tip pen.
DIY solar distiller

Cut holes
DIY solar distiller

As a result, the bottles should be inserted into these holes.
DIY solar distiller

Next, take the second bottle, and put the necks of small bottles to its bottom.
DIY solar distiller

We also circle the felt-tip pen and cut holes for them.
DIY solar distiller

Insert one into the other. The result was a certain design.
DIY solar distiller

The junction of all the bottles is glued with sealant so that everything is tight.
DIY solar distiller

DIY solar distiller

We will paint the bottle that has a tap off the top with black spray paint.
DIY solar distiller

From the third bottle we cut out the stand for the black bottle so that the whole structure can be put on the table normally. Tape it with tape.
DIY solar distiller

The device is ready.

How does he work?


Everything ingenious is as always simple. The distiller is placed in the sun. Water is poured into a dark container. Since the containers have a different color, in the sun they will heat up differently. A black bottle will have a temperature of about 70-80 degrees Celsius, and a transparent one in the region of 40.
Of course, the water in the black bottle will not boil, but it will still evaporate more actively. Her pairs in small bottles will go into a transparent container and condense there.
Due to the use of a two-level transition between the bottles, a cycle of air with water vapor is created inside the distiller, which will increase the performance of the system.

Test


Pour water into the neck of a black bottle. For the purity of the experiment, it is tinted.
DIY solar distiller

We put our distiller in the sun and leave it to work.
DIY solar distiller

In the evening, when the sun hides, you can drain distilled water.
DIY solar distiller

DIY solar distiller

And you can not drain, but wait until the right amount is produced.
DIY solar distiller

The result is this: that the distiller stood in my work for five sunny days in a row, as a result I managed to get 60 milliliters of distilled water. It turns out its performance is 12 ml. per day.

Conclusion


Someone will say that this is not much, and relatively will be right. And if we take into account that zero energy and effort was spent to produce this amount, then this is a lot. The idea is quite working, and there are a myriad of such devices that can be built, especially considering their cheap production costs.

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Comments (1)
  1. Basil
    #1 Basil Guests April 23, 2019 2:30 PM
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    No performance!

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