A comparative study of 3E (energy, exergy, and economy) analysis of various solar stills

A. Muthu Manokar; M. Vimala; D. Prince Winston; D. R. Rajendran; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy; A. E. Kabeel

doi:10.1002/htj.21832

A comparative study of 3E (energy, exergy, and economy) analysis of various solar stills

A. Muthu Manokar^*, M. Vimala, D. Prince Winston, D. R. Rajendran, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, A. E. Kabeel

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In this paper, an experimental study of the conventional solar still (CSS), the conventional solar still with glass cooling (CSSGC), the conventional solar still with basin heating (CSSBH), and the conventional solar still with glass cooling and basin heating (CSSGCBH) was carried out on the basis of the distilled water production, the energy efficiency (EnE), the exergy efficiency (ExE), and economic analysis. The CSSGC and CSSBH contain Peltier modules for cooling the glass and heating the basin. The evaporative heat transfer coefficient for all the experimental stills was calculated. The values of daily distilled water production from the CSSGCBH, CSSBH, CSSGC, and CSS were 4.56, 3.79, 2.49, and 1.89 kg/m², respectively. The daily distilled yield of the CSSBH and CSSGCBH were increased by 58.55% and 50.13%, respectively, as compared with the CSS. Moreover, the daily EnE and ExE of the CSSGCBH were 27.03% and 3.5%, respectively, whereas the EnE and ExE of the CSS were 10.88% and 1.3%, respectively. Furthermore, the cost of distilled water production was found to be 0.26, 0.35, 0.53, and 0.64 $/day for the CSS, CSSGC, CSSBH, and CSSGCBH, respectively, if the selling price of the distilled water was Rs10.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4394-4409
Number of pages	16
Journal	Heat Transfer
Volume	49
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21832
State	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Peltier module
conventional solar still
cooling cover
heating basin
temperature difference

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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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