Performance study on basin type double slope solar still with different wick materials and minimum mass of water

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 612-620

  Kalidasa Murugavel, K ^a   Srithar, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Minimum depth; Solar incidence angle variation; Solar still; Still modeling; Transmittance variation; Wick materials

Indexed keywords

INCIDENCE ANGLES; MINIMUM DEPTH; SOLAR STILLS; STILL MODELING; TRANSMITTANCE VARIATION; WICK MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM; ARID REGIONS; CARBON STEEL; COTTON; DISTILLATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR HEATING;

MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM; ARID REGION; COTTON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT CAPACITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSMITTANCE; WATER;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77957345133     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Kalogirou Soteris A. Seawater desalination using renewable energy sources. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 2005, 31:242-281.
2. Malik M.A.S., Tiwar G.N., Kumar A., Sodha M.S. Solar distillation 1982, Pergamon Press, UK.
3. Kalidasa Murugavel K., Chockalingam Kn.K.S.K., Srithar K. Progresses in improving the effectiveness of the single basin passive solar still. Desalination 2008, 220:677-686.
4. Cooper P.I. Maximum efficiency of single effect solar stills. Solar Energy 1979, 15:205.
5. Tripathi Rajesh, Tiwari G.N. Effect of water depth on internal heat and mass transfer for active solar distillation. Desalination 2005, 173:187-200.
6. Tripathi Rajesh, Tiwari G.N. Thermal modeling of passive and active solar stills for different depths of water by using the concept of solar fraction. Solar Energy 2006, 80:956-967.
7. Phadatare M.K., Verma S.K. Influence of water depth on internal heat and mass transfer in a plastic solar still. Desalination 2007, 217:267-275.
8. Abu-Hijleh B.A.K., Rababa'h H.M. Experimental study of a solar still with sponge cubes in basin. Energy Conversion and Management 2003, 44:1411-1418.
9. Al-Karaghouli A.A., Minasian A.N. A floating-wick type solar still. Renewable Energy 1995, 6:77-79.
10. Velmurugan V., Deenadayalan C.K., Vinod H., Srithar K. Desalination of effluent using fin type solar still. Energy 2008, 33:1719-1727.
11. Velmurugan V., Gopalakrishnan M., Raghu R., Srithar K. Single basin solar still with fin for enhancing productivity. Energy Conversion and Management 2008, 49:2602-2608.
12. Tiwari Anil Kr., Tiwari G.N. Thermal modeling based on solar fraction and experimental study of the annual and seasonal performance of a single slope passive solar still: the effect of water depths. Desalination 2007, 207:184-204.
13. Kalidasa Murugavel K., Chockalingam Kn.K.S.K., Srithar K. An experimental study on single basin double slope simulation solar still with thin layer of water in the basin. Desalination 2008, 220:687-693.
14. Kalidasa Murugavel K., Sivakumar S., Riaz Ahamed J., Chockalingam Kn.K.S.K., Srithar K. Single basin double slope solar still with minimum basin depth and energy storing materials. Applied Energy 2010, 87:514-523.
15. Dunkle R.V. Solar water distillation; the roof type still and a multiple effect diffusion still. International developments in heat transfer, ASME proceedings of International Heat Transfer 1961, Part V. University of Colorado.
16. Kalidasa Murugavel K. Theoretical and experimental analysis on a single basin double slope solar still, Ph. D. thesis. Chennai, India: AnnaUniversity; 2009.
17. Tiwari Anil Kr., Tiwari G.N. Effect of the condensing cover's slope on internal heat and mass transfer in distillation: an indoor simulation. Desalination 2005, 180:73-88.
18. Kothandaraman C.P., Subramanyan S. Heat and mass transfer data book 1999, New Age International Publishers, India.
19. Kalidasa Murugavel K, Chockalingam KnKSK, Srithar K. Experimental analysis on variation of transmittance of different thickness window glasses at different solar insolation conditions. In: proceedings of the 3rd BSME-ASME international conference on thermal engineering. Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2006.
20. Anderson E.E. Fundamentals of solar energy conversion 1985, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, MA.
21. Shawaqfeh A.T., Farid M.M. New development in the theory of heat and mass transfer in solar stills. Solar Energy 1995, 55:527-535.
22. Toure Siaka, Meukam Pierre A numerical model and experimental investigation for a solar still in climatic conditions in Abidjan (COTE DTOIRE). Renewable Energy 1997, 11:319-330.
23. Fath H.E.S., Hosny H.M. Thermal performance of a single-sloped basin still with an inherent built-in additional condenser. Desalination 2002, 142:19-27.
24. Zurigat Y.H., Abu-Arabi M.K. Modeling and performance analysis of a regenerative solar desalination unit. Applied Thermal Engineering 2004, 24:1061-1072.
25. Watmuff J.H., Charters W.W.S., Proctor D. Solar and wind induced external coefficients solar collector. Revue International Helio Technique 1977, 2:56.