Experimental investigation of a solar still equipped with an external heat storage system using phase change materials and heat pipes
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In this article, phase change materials (PCMs) are used as a thermal storage to store the latent heat of condensing vapor in solar stills, which enables the desalination process to continue after sunset without causing a decrease in the yield.About:
This article is published in Desalination.The article was published on 2017-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 182 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal energy storage & Condenser (heat transfer).read more
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A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges
TL;DR: In this paper, a state-of-the-art review on phase change materials (PCMs) and their applications for heating, cooling and electricity generation according to their working temperature ranges from (−20°C to +200°C).
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Solar desalination using solar still enhanced by external solar collector and PCM
Mohammad Al-Harahsheh,Mousa K. Abu-Arabi,Mousa K. Abu-Arabi,Hasan Mousa,Hasan Mousa,Zobaidah Alzghoul +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study on water desalination using a solar still having phase change material (PCM) and connected to a solar collector was carried out, where the PCM is used to store solar thermal energy collected by the system at daytime as latent heat, to provide heat during night time thus continuous operation.
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A renewable energy-driven thermoelectric-utilized solar still with external condenser loaded by silver/nanofluid for simultaneously water disinfection and desalination
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of different modifications of identical solar stills (SSs) with heating/cooling and nanofluid was examined. And the results showed that the contribution of external condenser in productivity is 26.3% of total productivity.
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Solar Still Efficiency Enhancement by Using Graphene Oxide/Paraffin Nano-PCM
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on using graphene oxide (GO) with the Φ = 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 wt.% dispersed in paraffin, as phase change materials (PCMs) to improve the productivity of a solar still for desalination applications.
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Energetic and exergetic performance assessment of the inclusion of phase change materials (PCM) in a solar distillation system
TL;DR: In this article, the energy and exergetic performance enhancement of solar distillation system (solar still incorporated with PCM storage unit) is performed by using two techniques: pin fins heat sink (PF) is embedded inside the PCM to act as a thermal conductivity enhancer.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications
TL;DR: The use of a latent heat storage system using phase change materials (PCMs) is an effective way of storing thermal energy and has the advantages of high energy storage density and the isothermal nature of the storage process.
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Application of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in concentrated solar thermal power plants: A review to recent developments
Ben Xu,Peiwen Li,Cho Lik Chan +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the recent technologies of thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCM) for various applications, particularly concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) generation systems.
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Thermal performance of a single basin solar still with PCM as a storage medium
TL;DR: In this article, a single slope-single basin solar still with and without phase change material (PCM) under the basin liner of the still has been investigated by computer simulation.
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Single basin double slope solar still with minimum basin depth and energy storing materials
TL;DR: In this article, a single basin double slope solar still with an inner basin size 2.08m and outer basin size 1.25m has been fabricated with mild steel plate and tested with a layer of water and different sensible heat storage materials like quartzite rock, red brick pieces, cement concrete pieces, washed stones and iron scraps.
A beginner's guide to uncertainty of measurement.
TL;DR: A gentle and short introduction to uncertainty of measurement for beginners, including laboratories preparing for UKAS accreditation, illustrates how to estimate uncertainty in real measurement situations, showing a detailed uncertainty calculation step by step.