The effects of graphite nanoparticles, phase change material, and film cooling on the solar still performance
By Swellam W. Sharshir, Guilong Peng, Lirong Wu, Nuo Yang, F. Essa, A. Kabeel. 2016
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In this paper, we performed four modifications on the solar still, as (A) adding the graphite nanoparticles, (B) the graphite nanoparticles together with the phase change material (PCM), (C) the graphite nanoparticles together with glass film cooling, and (D) graphite nanoparticles with both PCM and glass film cooling. The effects of modifications are measured and compared with each other. The productivities of modified (A), (B), (C), and (D) solar stills are enhanced by about 50.28%, 65.00%, 56.15% and 73.80%, respectively, as compared with the conventional solar still. The influences of saline water depths on the performance of modifications (A) and (B) are also considered. Results revealed that the best output yield is obtained for 0.5cm water depth for all solar stills.
Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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- Energy and exergy analysis of solar stills with micro/nano particles: A comparative study (2018, background): “The effect of using different nanofluids with different concentrations on the SS productivity has been investigated [22] However, for the best of knowledge, the SS thermal performance such as energy efficiency, exergy efficiency and exergy destruction with nanofluids has not been investigated.”
- Experimental investigations on thermal properties of nano-SiO2/paraffin phase change material (PCM) for solar thermal energy storage applications (2019, background): “Energy from the sun is only available during a limited period of time and it is highly unpredictable, because of dynamic weather and climatic conditions from time to time (Kaygusuz 2003; Sharshir et al. 2017).”