Efficacy of forced condensation and forced evaporation with thermal energy storage material on square pyramid solar still

Performance analysis of waste brick magnesia as a storage material in a solar still

“…Panchal and Patel 27 had carried out the experimental work of the indoor solar still and also compared the performance with the outdoor solar still. Modi and Nayi 28 used black granite gravel as thermal energy storage materials with forced condensation as well as forced evaporation to study its effect on the yield of a pyramid solar still. Rajamanickam et al 29 had carried out work on the different storage materials on the single double slope solar still.…”

Plasmonic Nanostructures for Energy Application

“…This abundance of hydrogen inside the sun's core fuses together to produce energy known as solar energy. The sun is continuously supplying solar energy without any expectation therefore, everyone who is working in this field wants to use this freely available energy (Aybar, 2006;Govorov and Richardson, 2007;Modi and Nayi, 2020). Solar energy attracts the scientific community because it is economically viable, free from pollution, and available throughout the year.…”

“…For example, (1) in a solar cell, the higher the photon absorption inside the active material, the more electricity will be generated, and (2) in a solar still, the efficiency of the still can be enhanced by heating/vaporization of water by sunlight. At present, there is sufficient available literature discussing the optimal device design, choice of materials, and material structures for achieving better efficiency (Duffie and Beckman, 1991;Riffat and Cuce, 2011;Shukla and Modi, 2017;Modi and Nayi, 2020). However, in order to resolve the energy problem, researchers are still trying to develop innovative technologies and devices that reduce the use of conventional sources of energy.…”