Exergy and energy analysis of a tubular solar still with and without fins: a comparative theoretical and experimental approach

Ravishankar Sathyamurthy; Abd Elnaby Kabeel; Ali Chamkha; Hemanth Arun Kumar; Hariprasath Venkateswaran; Athikesavan Muthu Manokar; Ramani Bharathwaaj; Sathiyaseelan Vasanthaseelan

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-16065-w

Exergy and energy analysis of a tubular solar still with and without fins: a comparative theoretical and experimental approach

Ravishankar Sathyamurthy^*
, Abd Elnaby Kabeel
, Ali Chamkha
, Hemanth Arun Kumar
, Hariprasath Venkateswaran
, Athikesavan Muthu Manokar
, Ramani Bharathwaaj
, Sathiyaseelan Vasanthaseelan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

One of the major challenges faced by human society is the freshwater crisis and shortage of conventional energy. Solar still is considered as one of the promising sources for the production of freshwater from saline water by desalination method. This paper represents the theoretical and experimental study of tubular solar still with and without fins. In this experimental study, the readings were recorded from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The results of this experiment show that the efficiency of tubular solar still (TSS) with fins and without fins is found as 23.39 and 13.76% respectively. The rate of irreversibility from the basin of TSS with flat is higher than TSS with finned absorber and also the rate of irreversibility from water is significantly reduced by TSS with the finned absorber. The exergy analysis showed the maximum exergy efficiency of about 11.8% from the TSS with fins and about 10.6% from the TSS with a flat absorber.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6612-6621
Number of pages	10
Journal	Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16065-w
State	Published - Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Desalination
Exergy
Fins
Flat absorber
Tubular solar still

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Environmental Chemistry
Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Sathyamurthy, R., Kabeel, A. E., Chamkha, A., Kumar, H. A., Venkateswaran, H., Manokar, A. M., Bharathwaaj, R., & Vasanthaseelan, S. (2022). Exergy and energy analysis of a tubular solar still with and without fins: a comparative theoretical and experimental approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(5), 6612-6621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16065-w

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