CURRENT STATUS OF SOLAR DISTILLATION: A REVIEW

Fresh water is the basic commodity of human life. Using renewable Solar energy and Desalination certainly produce an inexhaustible source of drinking water. Development of such systems which can fulfill the world’s population of 6 billion to have access of clean drinking water using natural resources is a need of the hour. Solar still is such a simple and affordable device for converting brackish water into potable water. Many more features are attributed to this simple instrument apart from its simplicity, like eco-friendly, economical, low maintenance charges, ease of handling, sustainability, material availability and 99% purity. The present communication elaborates the advancement of solar still till date and also the scope for further research.