| I | sunlight based radiation (W/m2) |
| Tamb | surrounding temperature (°C) |
| Tscin | channel water temperature of the water sunlight based authority (°C) |
| Tsco | outlet water temperature of the water sunlight based gatherer (°C) |
| Tein | entrance water temperature of the channel of the evaporator (°C) |
| Teout | outlet water temperature of the channel of the evaporator (°C) |
| Tcin | entrance water temperature of the condenser channel (°C) |
| Tcout | outlet water temperature of the condenser channel (°C) |
| Tdist | water temperature of the distillate (°C) |
| QHX | complete energy input needed for the refining cycle [kWh] |
| mP | mass stream pace of pervade creation [kg/h] |
| mF | mass stream pace of the feed water [kg/h] |
| ΔHv | water idle warmth of vaporization in [kj/kg] |
| Asolar | absolute opening zone of the sun based authority field [m2] |
| msolar | mass stream rate in the sunlight based gatherer field [kg/s] |
| CPF | isobaric explicit warmth limit of the feed water [kJ/ (kg °C)] |