Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination Techniques
This research work explored and compared the experimental performance of a solar still having novel octagonal-pyramid shape with a single slope solar still. It is found that the novel still provides twice distillation compared with conventional still. The experiments also evaluated the desalination...
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| author | Bipin Kumar Singh C. Ramji P. Ganeshan V. Mohanavel T. Balasundaram V. Vignesh Kumar B. Balasubramanian P. Ramshankar Adireddy Ramesh Subash Thanappan |
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| description | This research work explored and compared the experimental performance of a solar still having novel octagonal-pyramid shape with a single slope solar still. It is found that the novel still provides twice distillation compared with conventional still. The experiments also evaluated the desalination productivity of octagonal-pyramid solar still by varying the depth of saline water inside the basin and angle of inclination of glass cover. It is observed that the optimum condition for high distillation is obtained when depth of water inside the basin is 5 cm with angle of inclination of glass cover which is 30°. Four types of water, i.e., underground borewell water, sea water, leather industry effluent, and plastic industry effluent were also used to see the effect on distillation. Results showed that underground borewell water provides high distillation due to low density. Furthermore, the performance of the octagonal-pyramid solar still is enhanced by adding different latent heat and sensible heat materials in the octagonal-pyramid solar still. Hence, the addition of brick to the octagonal-pyramid still yields the highest productivity compared to incorporation of paraffin wax. Hence, it can be concluded that the octagonal design of the solar still has shown an increased productivity when compared to a single slope solar still (conventional still) under all the conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65a3dad95e894d55af257f68b117d6972023-03-25T00:00:03ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Photoenergy1687-529X2023-01-01202310.1155/2023/4705193Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination TechniquesBipin Kumar Singh0C. Ramji1P. Ganeshan2V. Mohanavel3T. Balasundaram4V. Vignesh Kumar5B. Balasubramanian6P. Ramshankar7Adireddy Ramesh8Subash Thanappan9Department of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Rubber and Plastic TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringCentre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative MedicineDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringDepartment of Electrical and Electronics EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringThis research work explored and compared the experimental performance of a solar still having novel octagonal-pyramid shape with a single slope solar still. It is found that the novel still provides twice distillation compared with conventional still. The experiments also evaluated the desalination productivity of octagonal-pyramid solar still by varying the depth of saline water inside the basin and angle of inclination of glass cover. It is observed that the optimum condition for high distillation is obtained when depth of water inside the basin is 5 cm with angle of inclination of glass cover which is 30°. Four types of water, i.e., underground borewell water, sea water, leather industry effluent, and plastic industry effluent were also used to see the effect on distillation. Results showed that underground borewell water provides high distillation due to low density. Furthermore, the performance of the octagonal-pyramid solar still is enhanced by adding different latent heat and sensible heat materials in the octagonal-pyramid solar still. Hence, the addition of brick to the octagonal-pyramid still yields the highest productivity compared to incorporation of paraffin wax. Hence, it can be concluded that the octagonal design of the solar still has shown an increased productivity when compared to a single slope solar still (conventional still) under all the conditions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/4705193 |
| spellingShingle | Bipin Kumar Singh C. Ramji P. Ganeshan V. Mohanavel T. Balasundaram V. Vignesh Kumar B. Balasubramanian P. Ramshankar Adireddy Ramesh Subash Thanappan Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination Techniques International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination Techniques |
| title_full | Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination Techniques |
| title_fullStr | Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination Techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination Techniques |
| title_short | Performance Analysis of Solar Still by Using Octagonal-Pyramid Shape in the Solar Desalination Techniques |
| title_sort | performance analysis of solar still by using octagonal pyramid shape in the solar desalination techniques |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/4705193 |
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