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Theoretical and experimental investigation on internal reflectors in a single-slope solar still


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Estahbanati, Mahmood Reza Karimi and Ahsan, Amimul and Feilizadeh, Mehrzad and Jafarpur, Khosrow and Ashrafmansouri, Seyedeh-Saba and Feilizadeh, Mansoor (2016) Theoretical and experimental investigation on internal reflectors in a single-slope solar still. Applied Energy, 165. pp. 537-547. ISSN 0306-2619; ESSN: 1872-9118

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of an internal reflector (IR) on the productivity of a single-slope solar still (during the summer and winter) experimentally and theoretically. A mathematical model was presented which took into account the effect of all walls (north, south, west and east) of the still on the amount of received solar radiation to brine, and the model was validated with the experimental data. The model can calculate the yield of the still with and without IR on various walls. The results show that the simultaneous use of IR on front and side walls enhances the still’s efficiency by 18%. However, installation of an IR on the back wall can increase the annual efficiency by 22%. The installation of IRs on all walls in comparison to a still without IR can increase the distillate production at winter, summer and the entire year by 65%, 22% and 34%, respectively. Furthermore, the effect of cloud factor on the installation of IRs on all walls was examined, and the results indicate that the increasing the cloud factor decreases the influence of IRs significantly.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Institute of Advanced Technology
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.047
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Basin solar still; Internal reflector; Radiation model; Cloud factor; Solar desalination
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 20 May 2016 01:21
Last Modified: 20 May 2016 01:21
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.047
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47438
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