Abstract: This paper represent the performance of operating parameter of solar still. In this paper optimizing the four parameter with the help of Taguchi method. This four parameters (glass cover angle, Water temperature ,glass cover temperature, Average spacing between water and glass cover) influence on the total distill output. The present paper optimize the Taguchi method to optimize the operating parameter for higher yield for a passive single slope solar distillation system. The main objective of the present study was to apply the Taguchi method to establish the optimal set of parameters for passive slope solar still. The Taguchi method is employed to determine the optimal combination of design parameter .This paper present new optimize parameter using Taguchi method in the case of passive solar still.
Keywords- Taguchi method, solar still, orthogonal array
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