Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills
The performance of compound parabolic concentrator assisted tubular solar still (CPC-TSS) and compound parabolic concentrator-concentric tubular solar still (CPC-CTSS) (to allow cooling water) with different augmentation systems were studied. A rectangular saline water trough of dimension 2 m × 0.03...
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| author | Thirugnanasambantham, Arunkumar Velraj, Ramalingam Denkenberger, David C. Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar Kumar, K. Vinoth Ahsan, Amimul |
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| description | The performance of compound parabolic concentrator assisted tubular solar still (CPC-TSS) and compound parabolic concentrator-concentric tubular solar still (CPC-CTSS) (to allow cooling water) with different augmentation systems were studied. A rectangular saline water trough of dimension 2 m × 0.03 m × 0.025 m was designed and fabricated. The effective collector area of the still is 2 m × 1 m with five sets of tubular still – CPC collectors placed horizontally with north-south orientation. Hot water taken from the CPC-CTSS was integrated to a pyramid type and single slope solar still. Diurnal variations of water temperature, air temperature, cover temperature and distillate yield were recorded. The results showed that, the productivity of the un-augmented CPC-TSS and CPC-CTSS were 3710 ml/day and 4960 ml/day, respectively. With the heat extraction technique, the productivity of CPC-CTSS with a single slope solar still and CPC-CTSS with a pyramid solar still were found as 6460 ml/day and 7770 ml/day, respectively. The process integration with different systems cost was found slightly higher but the overall efficiency and the produced distilled water yield was found augmented. |
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| spelling | upm-433532016-05-18T04:55:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43353/ Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills Thirugnanasambantham, Arunkumar Velraj, Ramalingam Denkenberger, David C. Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar Kumar, K. Vinoth Ahsan, Amimul The performance of compound parabolic concentrator assisted tubular solar still (CPC-TSS) and compound parabolic concentrator-concentric tubular solar still (CPC-CTSS) (to allow cooling water) with different augmentation systems were studied. A rectangular saline water trough of dimension 2 m × 0.03 m × 0.025 m was designed and fabricated. The effective collector area of the still is 2 m × 1 m with five sets of tubular still – CPC collectors placed horizontally with north-south orientation. Hot water taken from the CPC-CTSS was integrated to a pyramid type and single slope solar still. Diurnal variations of water temperature, air temperature, cover temperature and distillate yield were recorded. The results showed that, the productivity of the un-augmented CPC-TSS and CPC-CTSS were 3710 ml/day and 4960 ml/day, respectively. With the heat extraction technique, the productivity of CPC-CTSS with a single slope solar still and CPC-CTSS with a pyramid solar still were found as 6460 ml/day and 7770 ml/day, respectively. The process integration with different systems cost was found slightly higher but the overall efficiency and the produced distilled water yield was found augmented. Elsevier 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43353/1/Productivity%20enhancements%20of%20compound%20parabolic%20concentrator%20tubular%20solar%20stills.pdf Thirugnanasambantham, Arunkumar and Velraj, Ramalingam and Denkenberger, David C. and Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar and Kumar, K. Vinoth and Ahsan, Amimul (2016) Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills. Renewable Energy, 88. pp. 391-400. ISSN 0960-1481; ESSN: 1879-0682 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148115304729 10.1016/j.renene.2015.11.051 |
| spellingShingle | Thirugnanasambantham, Arunkumar Velraj, Ramalingam Denkenberger, David C. Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar Kumar, K. Vinoth Ahsan, Amimul Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills |
| title | Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills |
| title_full | Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills |
| title_fullStr | Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills |
| title_full_unstemmed | Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills |
| title_short | Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills |
| title_sort | productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills |
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