Performance analysis of conventional triple basin solar still with evacuated heat pipes, corrugated sheets and storage materials

Patel, Mit; Patel, Chetankumar; Panchal, Hitesh

doi:10.1016/j.gsd.2020.100387

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“…Many previous attempts have been accomplished different types of distiller designs and diversi ed improved evaporation modi cations to enhance the performance of SDs such as the usage of nano uids (Elsheikh et al, 2018;Benoudina et al, 2021), the cooling of distiller glass cover (Bellila et al, 2021), the use of mirrors and re ectors (Kumbhar, 2019), sensible and latent storage materials (Attia et al, 2021c;Zayed et al, 2020), the insertion of ns (Attia et al, 2021d), nano-black coatings (Kabeel et al, 2017b), rotating drum (Abdullah et al, 2019), saline water preheating using solar water heaters (Morad et al, 2015;Patel et al, 2020), and so on.…”

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Experimental Investigation On a Novel Design of Hemispherical Solar Distiller With v-Corrugated Iron Trays And Wick Materials For Improving Freshwater Production

Attia¹,

Zayed

Abdelgaied

et al. 2022

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The low energy efficiency of the solar distillers is one of the most key barriers to their effectual usage in the desalination domain. In this work, an experimental investigation was conducted to enhance the freshwater productivity of the hemispherical solar distiller. This was achieved by utilizing flat and v-corrugated iron trays configurations on the bottom of the distiller basin in order to increase the vaporization surface area for better heat transfer of saline water. Three distillers were designed and examined; namely, conventional hemispherical solar distiller (CHSD), hemispherical solar distiller with flat iron trays (HSD-FIT), and hemispherical solar distiller with v-corrugated iron trays (HSD-VIT). Moreover, the effects of using wick materials (WM) in the basin of HSD-FIT and HSD-VIT have been also investigated and compared to that of CHSD. A comparative thermo-economic analysis of HSD-VITWM, HSD-FITWM, HSD-VIT, HSD-FIT, and CHSD has been conducted to determine the better modification that maximizes the performance of hemispherical stills. Experiments were carried out at the desert climate conditions of El-Oued (33°27′N, 7°11′E), Algeria. The results showed that all modifications revealed good thermo-economic performance enhancements and the HSD-VITWM achieved the maximal improvement from both freshwater production and energo-economic performance. The freshwater productivity and energy efficiency of the HSD-VITWM were improved by 83.12 and 81.67%, respectively, relative to CHSD. Additionally, the cost of freshwater production was lowered by 41.72%.

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Experimental Investigation On a Novel Design of Hemispherical Solar Distiller With v-Corrugated Iron Trays And Wick Materials For Improving Freshwater Production

Attia¹,

Zayed

Abdelgaied

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…Through evaporation and condensation processes, distilled water can be produced from the solar still [12]. Due to high heat losses, solar distillate productivity is still very low [13]. It provides an average of 3 L/day.…”

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Applications of Heat Exchanger in Solar Desalination: Current Issues and Future Challenges

Elsheikh

Panchal²,

Shanmugan

et al. 2022

Water

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Solar desalination is a process to convert saline water into potable water by the application of solar energy. The enhancement of the distillate output of the solar desalination is low, so it is not considered as a method to produce potable water. A heat exchanger is an important device used for heat transfer applications. The present review article illustrates the application of a heat exchanger with a solar desalination system to enhance the distillate output. In the current review, it is found that the heat exchanger is an important device to improve the distillate productivity of the solar desalination system. Finally, the future work and future challenges of using a heat exchanger with a solar desalination system are presented.

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“…An experiment was performed by taking corrugated sheets (CSs) as absorber material and granite gravel as a sensible heat storage material (SHSM) on conventional solar still with triple basin, which has evacuated heat pipes. The productivity of solar still is around 19 L/m 2 /day 20 . A comparative analysis between conventional solar still, conventional pyramidal solar still, and modified pyramidal solar still (using CuO and carbon black nanofluids and evacuated tube) was conducted.…”

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“…The productivity of solar still is around 19 L/m 2 /day. 20 A comparative analysis between conventional solar still, conventional pyramidal solar still, and modified pyramidal solar still (using CuO and carbon black nanofluids and evacuated tube) was conducted. This study found that the improvement in distillate output increased by 27.75% when CuO nanofluid is used while there is 33.59% increase in output by using carbon black nanofluid.…”

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Experimental and numerical analysis of solar still using Pyrex glass quantum dot in tropical climate

Singh

Rathore

Shukla

2021

Intl J of Energy Research

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This study investigates the effect of using quantum dots (QDs) on the performance of solar still in the tropical climate of India. This article presents a new way to use QDs, which on absorbing solar energy increases water evaporation rate. Pyrex glass powder QDs are used in the solar still due to its high absorptivity value. An experimental setup of solar still with QD and without QD was developed, and a comparative analysis was conducted under the real outdoor environment in a tropical climate. The experimental results were also validated through mathematical modeling. The experiment was carried out by mixing Pyrex glass powder QDs with black paint and was coated on the basin and sidewalls of the solar still. Experiments were conducted for a depth of 0.02 m for solar still with QDs and without QDs. The results revealed that for 0.02 m of water depth and 1 m 2 of basin area, the percentage increase in distillate output using Pyrex glass powder QDs is 29.36% experimentally and 29.94% theoretically. Furthermore, the net percentage increase in solar still efficiency by using Pyrex glass QDs is 74.74% experimentally and 61.03% theoretically.The study analyzed that all the experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis. The addition of Pyrex glass powder QDs and black paint mixture in the basin of solar still caused significant enhancement in the distillate output and solar still efficiency.

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Performance analysis of conventional triple basin solar still with evacuated heat pipes, corrugated sheets and storage materials

Cited by 46 publications

References 44 publications

Experimental Investigation On a Novel Design of Hemispherical Solar Distiller With v-Corrugated Iron Trays And Wick Materials For Improving Freshwater Production

Experimental Investigation On a Novel Design of Hemispherical Solar Distiller With v-Corrugated Iron Trays And Wick Materials For Improving Freshwater Production

Applications of Heat Exchanger in Solar Desalination: Current Issues and Future Challenges

Experimental and numerical analysis of solar still using Pyrex glass quantum dot in tropical climate

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