Investigation and performance analysis of solar still with energy storage materials: An energy- exergy efficiency analysis

Dinesh Mevada; Hitesh Panchal; M. Ahmadein; Mohamed E. Zayed; Naser A. Alsaleh; Joy Djuansjah; Essam B. Moustafa; Ammar H. Elsheikh; Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

doi:10.1016/j.csite.2021.101687

Investigation and performance analysis of solar still with energy storage materials: An energy- exergy efficiency analysis

Dinesh Mevada^*
, Hitesh Panchal
, M. Ahmadein
, Mohamed E. Zayed
, Naser A. Alsaleh
, Joy Djuansjah
, Essam B. Moustafa
, Ammar H. Elsheikh^*
, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Researchers have attempted different Energy storage materials (ESM) in solar stills (SS) to improve distillate yield. In this experimental work, an attempt was made to increase the distillate yield & efficiency of SS, using good absorbing and heat transfer capacity of ESM. A comparison was made between a conventional solar still (CSS) and a solar still with energy storage materials (SSWESM) in this experiment. Different energy storage materials like black color glass ball (BCGB), black granite (BG) and white marble stone (WMS) were used in equal quantity during experimental work. CSS and SSWESM had daily distillate yield of 1.4 kg/m2 and 2.5 kg/m2, respectively. The ESM boosts water evaporation during the day and releases heat at night, resulting in a higher distillate yield than CSS. Meanwhile, the exergy efficiency (ƞ_exe) of CSS and SSWESM were 4.99% and 12.55% respectively. Also the SSWESM gives 72.6% more daily efficiency (ƞ) than CSS.

Original language	English
Article number	101687
Journal	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101687
State	Published - Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Conventional solar still (CSS)
Distillate output
Efficiency
Energy
Exergy
Phase changing materials(PCMs)
Solar still (SS)
Solar still with energy storage materials (SSWESM)

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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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Mevada, D., Panchal, H., Ahmadein, M., Zayed, M. E., Alsaleh, N. A., Djuansjah, J., Moustafa, E. B., Elsheikh, A. H., & Sadasivuni, K. K. (2022). Investigation and performance analysis of solar still with energy storage materials: An energy- exergy efficiency analysis. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 29, Article 101687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101687

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