| dc.description.abstract | A clean water production system is very important, the need for an environmentally
friendly and efficient clean water production system is increasing nowdays. In this
research, an evaporator has been successfully made for the Solar Steam Generator
(SSG) system to produce clean water that is environmentally friendly and made of
materials that are easily accessible. The SSG evaporator in this study is made of
cellulose bonded with Polyvinyl-Alcohol (PVA) and uses a freeze drying method to
increase porosity which helps water delivery in the SSG system. To increase the
efficiency of the SSG evaporator, activated carbon (AC) is used which has a fairly
good absorption rate in visible to infrared radiation. Evaporation rate testing was
carried out to determine the effect of adding AC on evaporator performance, an
evaporation rate value of 1,39 kgm-2h-1 with an efficiency of 58.56% has been achieved
in samples with 3wt% KA. FTIR characterization was carried out to confirm group
changes in the sample after the addition of KA and to show infrared absorption in the
sample. | en_US |
