The augmentation of distillate yield by using concentrator coupled solar still with phase change material

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Arunkumar, Thirugnanasambantham and Denkenberger, David C. and Ahsan, Amimul and Jayaprakash, Rajan N. (2013) The augmentation of distillate yield by using concentrator coupled solar still with phase change material. Desalination, 314. pp. 189-192. ISSN 0011-9164

Abstract

In order to augment the efficiency and distillate yield in the concentrator-coupled hemispherical basin solar still, a phase change material (PCM) was added. Two modes of operation have been studied experimentally, (1) single-slope solar still without the PCM effect, and (2) single-slope solar still with the PCM effect. The temperature of water (Tw), temperature of PCM (TPCM), air temperature (Tair), inner cover temperature (Tic) and outer cover temperature (Toc) were measured. Experimental results indicate that the effect of thermal storage in the concentrator-coupled hemispherical basin solar still increases the productivity by 26%. It was concluded that the productivity greatly increased due to the still integrated with PCM.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2013.01.018
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Solar still; Concentrator; Phase change material; Desalination
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2015 08:28
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2015 06:05
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28649
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