Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material

This paper presents the method of improvement of enhancing the performance of triangular pyramid solar still with and without latent heat energy storage. For comparing the productivity of solar still with and without LHTESS a solar still is designed, fabricated. Experiments are conducted in hot and...

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Main Authors: Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar, Nagarajan, P. K., Kennady, Hyacinth J., Ravikumar, T. S., Paulson, V., Ahsan, Amimul
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Language:English
Published: Global Digital Central 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37470/
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author Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar
Nagarajan, P. K.
Kennady, Hyacinth J.
Ravikumar, T. S.
Paulson, V.
Ahsan, Amimul
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Nagarajan, P. K.
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Ravikumar, T. S.
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description This paper presents the method of improvement of enhancing the performance of triangular pyramid solar still with and without latent heat energy storage. For comparing the productivity of solar still with and without LHTESS a solar still is designed, fabricated. Experiments are conducted in hot and humid climate of Chennai, India. Paraffin wax is used as LHTESS due to its feasible general and economic properties. The hourly productivity is slightly higher in case of solar still without LHTESS during sunny days. There is an increase of about 35% in production of fresh water with LHTESS than that of solar still without LHTESS. Also it was found that during the off shine period the fresh water produced from the still is higher. The solar still with and without LHTESS were found to be 4.5 L/m2day and 3.5 L/m2day.
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spelling upm-374702015-12-18T04:05:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37470/ Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar Nagarajan, P. K. Kennady, Hyacinth J. Ravikumar, T. S. Paulson, V. Ahsan, Amimul This paper presents the method of improvement of enhancing the performance of triangular pyramid solar still with and without latent heat energy storage. For comparing the productivity of solar still with and without LHTESS a solar still is designed, fabricated. Experiments are conducted in hot and humid climate of Chennai, India. Paraffin wax is used as LHTESS due to its feasible general and economic properties. The hourly productivity is slightly higher in case of solar still without LHTESS during sunny days. There is an increase of about 35% in production of fresh water with LHTESS than that of solar still without LHTESS. Also it was found that during the off shine period the fresh water produced from the still is higher. The solar still with and without LHTESS were found to be 4.5 L/m2day and 3.5 L/m2day. Global Digital Central 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37470/1/Enhancing%20the%20heat%20transfer%20of%20triangular%20pyramid%20solar%20still%20using%20phase%20change%20material%20as%20storage%20material.pdf Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar and Nagarajan, P. K. and Kennady, Hyacinth J. and Ravikumar, T. S. and Paulson, V. and Ahsan, Amimul (2014) Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material. Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 5 (3). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2151-8629 http://www.thermalfluidscentral.org/journals/index.php/Heat_Mass_Transfer/article/view/347 10.5098/hmt.5.3
spellingShingle Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar
Nagarajan, P. K.
Kennady, Hyacinth J.
Ravikumar, T. S.
Paulson, V.
Ahsan, Amimul
Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material
title Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material
title_full Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material
title_fullStr Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material
title_short Enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material
title_sort enhancing the heat transfer of triangular pyramid solar still using phase change material as storage material
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37470/1/Enhancing%20the%20heat%20transfer%20of%20triangular%20pyramid%20solar%20still%20using%20phase%20change%20material%20as%20storage%20material.pdf