Solar Distillation Experiment Parabolic Dish Integrated with Spiral Copper Tube Condenser

  • Wahyu Kurniawan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Samudra, Langsa 24416, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Amin Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Samudra, Langsa 24416, Indonesia
  • Nasruddin A. Abdullah Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Samudra, Langsa 24416, Indonesia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55377/jurutera.v12i02.12060
Keywords: Solar distrillation, Parabolic dish, Receiver, Copper spiral pipe, Water production rate

Abstract

The availability of clean water has become a major challenge due to population growth and climate change, despite 97.5% of the Earth's surface consisting of water, only 2.5% is suitable for consumption. Desalination has become an important solution to convert seawater into fresh water. One of the technologies used is the parabolic solar concentrator, which focuses sunlight to a single point to generate steam. Research using a parabola measuring 71.98 cm × 50 cm with a focal point of 62 cm produced 0.88 liters of distilled water with a cooler and 0.23 liters without a cooler. The efficiency increased from 11% to 12.5% with the use of a cooler. Spiral tubes also help to reduce the temperature of the outgoing steam, enhancing the effectiveness of the system.

Published
2025-07-30
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Kurniawan W, Amin M, A. Abdullah N. Solar Distillation Experiment Parabolic Dish Integrated with Spiral Copper Tube Condenser . JURUTERA [Internet]. 2025Jul.30 [cited 2026Nov.7];12(02):104-13. Available from: https://ejurnalunsam.id/index.php/jurutera/article/view/12060
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Vol 12 No 02 (2025)
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