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Originally Posted by Nitack
These sorts of setups are perfect for making a solar still for parts of the world that don't have clean water. Question is can we make one that could make enough water to supply a person for a whole day and could we do it in a cost effective manner that would allow these to help alleviate the problem.
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I'm planning to build a small one for experimentation. Course we know about best-laid-plans and all.
I'm in the gedanken stage right now, trying to picture the problems before they happen and add some improvements. I have in mind a wooden frame with plastic sheeting stretched on for the top. My earlier musings on the angle of the top is in retrospect, babble.
I think a 45 deg angle will admit Sun at all angles as long as the bottom edge is low to the tray, and I think it is an angle that best facilitates the water running down it to the collection trough. I also think that rather than a flat frame, it ought have some dihedral to move the flow away from the edges.
That's all da dap from dis tinkin' cap.
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semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
