Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still
In this paper, the design, fabrication, cost and distilled water production (production) performance of a Tubular Solar Still (TSS) is presented. Since the TSS cover and trough are made of cheap and locally acquisitioned lightweight materials, the TSS can be formed into a desirable size easily. Thus...
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| description | In this paper, the design, fabrication, cost and distilled water production (production) performance of a Tubular Solar Still (TSS) is presented. Since the TSS cover and trough are made of cheap and locally acquisitioned lightweight materials, the TSS can be formed into a desirable size easily. Thus, the weight per unit length is 0.65kg/m and it is expected that the production cost is about ¥484/m3 (≈US$5/m3). A field experiment on the production performance of the TSS was carried out in the United Arab Emirates and the effects of initial saline water volume (water depth) in the trough on the daily production were examined in terms of the use and management of the TSS. The daily production is inversely proportional to the water depth, as far as the water depth is 0.04m or less. The main reason is attributed to the production performance after the evening or sunset due to remaining solar heat (designated as “production inertia”). It is seen that contribution of the production inertia to the daily production cannot be disregarded and that the water depth is one of key parameters to control the production performance of the TSS. |
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| spelling | upm-450072020-08-04T02:40:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45007/ Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still Fukuhara, Teruyuki Terasaki, Hiroaki Yamaji, Takahiro Ahsan, Amimul In this paper, the design, fabrication, cost and distilled water production (production) performance of a Tubular Solar Still (TSS) is presented. Since the TSS cover and trough are made of cheap and locally acquisitioned lightweight materials, the TSS can be formed into a desirable size easily. Thus, the weight per unit length is 0.65kg/m and it is expected that the production cost is about ¥484/m3 (≈US$5/m3). A field experiment on the production performance of the TSS was carried out in the United Arab Emirates and the effects of initial saline water volume (water depth) in the trough on the daily production were examined in terms of the use and management of the TSS. The daily production is inversely proportional to the water depth, as far as the water depth is 0.04m or less. The main reason is attributed to the production performance after the evening or sunset due to remaining solar heat (designated as “production inertia”). It is seen that contribution of the production inertia to the daily production cannot be disregarded and that the water depth is one of key parameters to control the production performance of the TSS. IEEE 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45007/1/Cost%20and%20production%20performance%20of%20a%20tubular%20solar%20still.pdf Fukuhara, Teruyuki and Terasaki, Hiroaki and Yamaji, Takahiro and Ahsan, Amimul (2013) Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still. In: 2013 1st International Conference & Exhibition on the Applications of Information Technology to Renewable Energy Processes and Systems (IT-DREPS 2013), 29-31 May 2013, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan. (pp. 9-14). 10.1109/IT-DREPS.2013.6588141 |
| spellingShingle | Fukuhara, Teruyuki Terasaki, Hiroaki Yamaji, Takahiro Ahsan, Amimul Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still |
| title | Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still |
| title_full | Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still |
| title_fullStr | Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still |
| title_short | Cost and production performance of a tubular solar still |
| title_sort | cost and production performance of a tubular solar still |
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