Comparative Study of Tubular Solar Stills with Phase Change Material and Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Material

M. Mohamed Thalib; Athikesavan Muthu Manokar; Fadl A. Essa; N. Vasimalai; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy; Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez

doi:10.3390/en13153989

Comparative Study of Tubular Solar Stills with Phase Change Material and Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Material

M. Mohamed Thalib
, Athikesavan Muthu Manokar^*
, Fadl A. Essa
, N. Vasimalai
, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy
, Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study is intended to investigate and analyze the operational performances of the Conventional Tubular Solar Still (CTSS), Tubular Solar Still with Phase Change Material (TSS-PCM) and Tubular Solar Still with Nano Phase Change Material (TSS-NPCM). Paraffin wax and graphene plusparaffin wax were used in the CTSS to obtain the modified solar still models. The experimental study was carried out in the three stills to observe the operational parameters at a water depth of 1 cm. The experiment revealed that TSS-NPCM showed the best performance and the highest yield in comparison to other stills. The distillate yield from the CTSS, TSS-PCM and TSS-NPCM was noted to be 4.3, 6.0 and 7.9 kg, respectively, the daily energy efficiency of the stills was observed to be 31%, 46% and 59%, respectively, and the daily exergy efficiency of the stills was recorded to be 1.67%, 2.20% and 3.75%, respectively. As the performance of the TSS-NPCM was enhanced, the cost of freshwater yield obtained was also low in contrast to the other two types of stills.

Original language	English
Article number	3989
Journal	Energies
Volume	13
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en13153989
State	Published - Aug 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Distilled water
Nano graphene
Phase change materials
Tubular solar still

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Building and Construction
Fuel Technology
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Energy (miscellaneous)
Control and Optimization
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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