Introduction To The Use Of Solar Water Distiller

With the increasing prices of electricity and the need for environment friendly devices, solar devices like solar cookers, solar water heaters and solar water distillers also known as solar stills, are becoming highly popular. Solar water distillers works on the principle similar to that of rainfall. It emulates an ecosystem inside a packed container to distill water.

Here are some interesting facts pertaining to solar water distillers.

1. Solar water takes advantage from the green house effect that is created by glass. A Solar water distiller is basically a set of two water containers. There is a big container which has on open topside facing the sunlight and there is a small container to collect distilled water. Both of these are connected by a pipe or a tube.

2. In a solar water distiller, water is first put into a big container. This container is placed in direct sunlight. It is made of a special material to ensure heat is trapped by the greenhouse effect. While the top lid is made of glass in most cases, in some advanced cases this is made of fiberglass, so as to ensure high durability. In most solar water distillers, the body of the main container is also lined with special insulating material. This lining ensures that once heat is trapped inside, it stays in for the longest possible period of time.

3. The water in this big container is set in sunlight to evaporate just like evaporation happening in the natural world causes natural rain. The evaporation process makes sure that all unwanted salts and mineral are left behind on the surface of the solar still. The heat and sunlight also kills the harmful bacteria present in the water. Once evaporated, this vapor gets collected on the top glass. From here, it is condensed and collected inside the second water container which is generally kept in shade.

4. A solar water distiller comes with level markers. There are outlets in case the solar still gets overfilled.

5. A solar water distiller can avoid making the water taste flat, because unlike commercial water distillers, the water is not boiled. The water is just evaporated like it is in the process of rainfall. The reason behind this is that boiling lowers pH in the water. The process of a solar water distiller does not lower the pH content of water and thus the water's taste does not get flat.

With a good solar water distiller, you can procure pure drinkable water even from sea water. This is because a solar water distiller can remove salt and other sea based microscopic organisms which are present in sea water.

So many benefits for such a reasonable cost. Then, why waste time? Go ahead and get yourself a solar water distiller!