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Solar Energy Questions and Answers – Solar
Distillation or Desalination of Water
This set of Solar Energy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Solar Distillation
or Desalination of Water”.

1. What is solar distillation?

a) Use solar energy to evaporate water and collect its condensate within the same closed system
b) Use solar energy to evaporate water and collect it within the same closed system
c) Use solar energy to collect the condensate of water within the same closed system
d) Use solar energy to evaporate water and collect its condensate within different closed systems
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: Solar distillation is the use solar energy to evaporate water and collect its
condensate within the same closed system. It is important to note that the same system is used
to both evaporate and condensate water.

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2. Which of the following houses the process of solar distillation?
a) Solar thermo-mechanical system
b) Solar still
c) Photovoltaics
d) Heat engines
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Solar still houses the process of solar distillation. Solar thermo-mechanical system,
photovoltaics and heat engines are not used to perform distillation.

3. Which of the following is a configuration of solar still?

a) Solar panel
b) Solar cell
c) Cone shaped
d) Frustum shaped
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: The three basic configurations of solar still are cone shaped, box-like and frustum
shaped. Solar cells and panels are not solar stills and are not used for solar distillation.

4. Which of the following best describes the process of solar distillation?

a) Influent → solar distillation system → salty solute remains → evaporation of volatile solvents as
effluents
b) Influent → evaporation of volatile solvents as effluents → solar distillation system → salty solute
remains
c) Influent → solar distillation system → evaporation of volatile solvents as effluents → salty solute
remains
d) Solar distillation system → influent → evaporation of volatile solvents as effluents → salty solute
remains
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: The influent enters the solar distillation system. The volatile solvents evaporate as
effluents leaving behind salty solute.

5. Which of the following is an example of solar distillation?

a) Natural water cycle
b) Fractional distillation
c) Reverse osmosis
d) Osmosis
View Answer
 Answer: a
Explanation: Natural water cycle is a very common example of solar distillation that the earth
experiences. Fractional distillation, osmosis and reverse osmosis are not solar distillation.

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6. What are the two categories of solar still?

a) Active and deactivate
b) Active and passive
c) Box and cone
d) Passive and pit
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Active and passive are the two main categories of solar still. Box, cone and pit are the
basic configurations of solar still.

7. What do the two categories of solar still namely, active and passive depict?
a) The method of evaporation
b) The method of condensation
c) The method of acquiring energy to drive evaporation
d) The method of collecting evaporated water
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: The two categories of solar still depict the method of acquiring energy to drive
evaporation. Evaporation, condensation and collection of condensate are performed only after
energy is supplied to the system.
8. What is an active solar still?
a) A solar still that solely relies on sun to distill water
b) A solar still that relies only on sun and wind
c) A solar sill that automatically gets activated when sun shines on it
d) A solar still that uses additional heat sources apart from sun
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: An active solar still uses additional heat sources apart from sun. These additional
heat sources are used to promote existing thermal processes like initial start-up.

9. Which of the following are examples of active solar stills?

a) Compound Parabolic Concentrators and flat plate collectors
b) Solar heater and photovoltaics
c) Flat plate collectors and heat engines
d) Compound parabolic concentrators and sun
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: Compound parabolic concentrators, flat plate collectors and solar heaters are
examples of active solar stills. Photovoltaics and heat engines are not solar stills. Sun is the
energy source of solar still.

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10. Active stills demote faster and larger quantities of freshwater generation.
a) True
b) False
View Answer
 Answer: b
Explanation: Active stills demote faster and larger quantities of freshwater generation. This comes
at the cost of increased design complexity and manufacturing.

11. What is a passive solar still?

a) A solar still that uses photovoltaics to start
b) A solar still that relies only on sun and wind
c) A solar still that solely relies on sun to distill water
d) A solar still that uses additional heat sources apart from sun
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: A passive solar still is a conventional solar still that solely relies on the sun to distill
water. Though the process may be slow it generally has a lower design complexity as compared
to an active solar still.

12. Which of the following is a type of passive stills?

a) Solar still with compound parabolic concentrator
b) Single-effect stills with flat plate collectors
c) Multi-effect stills with compound parabolic concentrator
d) Single-effect solar still
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: Single-effect and multi-effect solar stills are types of passive stills. However, if any of
these systems are attached with additional thermal sources like compound parabolic
concentrators and flat plate collectors, they become active solar stills.

13. In a single-effect still, it is crucial to keep the distiller _______

a) airtight
b) aerated
c) connected with another distiller
d) connected with multiple distillers
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: Single-effect stills are the simples and popularly used solar stills. In a single-effect
solar still, it is a crucial design challenge to keep the distiller airtight. It uses a single interface to
convey the energy and collect the condensate.

14. Neutral stills use seawater greenhouses to create freshwater.

a) False
b) True
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Neutral stills use seawater greenhouses to create freshwater. They are neutral
because the energy that goes into creating freshwater is used to grow plants that promote
evaporative cooling of air inside.

15. A good insulator is necessary to reduce thermal losses in solar stills.

a) True
b) False
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: A good insulator is necessary to reduce thermal losses in solar stills. In fact, the
insulators should be so good that they can prolong the evaporation to night.

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