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Mass and heat transfer model of tubular solar still


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Ahsan, Amimul and Fukuhara, Teriyuki (2010) Mass and heat transfer model of tubular solar still. Solar Energy, 84 (7). pp. 1147-1156. ISSN 0038-092X (Unpublished)

Abstract

In this paper, a new mass and heat transfer model of a Tubular Solar Still (TSS) was proposed incorporating various mass and heat transfer coefficients taking account of the humid air properties inside the still. The heat balance of the humid air and the mass balance of the water vapor in the humid air were formulized for the first time. As a result, the proposed model enabled to calculate the diurnal variations of the temperature, water vapor density and relative humidity of the humid air, and to predict the hourly condensation flux besides the temperatures of the water, cover and trough, and the hourly evaporation flux. The validity of the proposed model was verified using the field experimental results carried out in Fukui, Japan and Muscat, Oman in 2008. The diurnal variations of the calculated temperatures and water vapor densities had a good agreement with the observed ones. Furthermore, the proposed model can predict the daily and hourly production flux precisely.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2010.03.019
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Condensation; Convection; Evaporation; Mass heat transfer model; Humid air; Tubular Solar Still (TSS)
Depositing User: Fatimah Zahrah @ Aishah Amran
Date Deposited: 27 Dec 2014 06:18
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2015 02:27
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15556
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