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Modified pyramid solar still with v-corrugated absorber plate and PCM as a thermal storage medium
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A modified pyramid solar still with both v-corrugated absorbers plate and PCM was designed, constructed and fabricated under the same ambient conditions of Tanta city, Egypt as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2017-09-10. It has received 152 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pyramid & Solar still.read more
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Acceleration of discharge process of clean energy storage unit with insertion of porous foam considering nanoparticle enhanced paraffin
TL;DR: In this paper, three mechanisms for augmenting heat transfer and the interaction of these methods to augment the performance of the system have been evaluated based on comparison with experimental data, outputs are very excellent fit with maximum 9.3% deviation.
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Effect of water depth on a novel absorber plate of pyramid solar still coated with TiO2 nano black paint
Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Ravishankar Sathyamurthy,Ravishankar Sathyamurthy,Swellam W. Sharshir,A. Muthumanokar,Hitesh Panchal,N. Prakash,Chandran Prasad,S. Nandakumar,M.S. El Kady +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the absorber plate of a pyramid basin type solar still is coated with TiO2 nanoparticles doped in black paint on the basin to analyze the performance under the various depth of water.
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Effects of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (NPCM) on solar still productivity
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (NPCM) on solar still operation and performance were investigated, where three types of nanoparticles (TiO2, CuO and GO) were impregnated individually at 0.3 weight% in paraffin.
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Performance improvement of a single slope solar still by employing thermoelectric cooling channel and copper oxide nanofluid: An experimental study
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of copper oxide (Cu2O) nanofluid in a single slope solar still integrated with external thermoelectric glass cover cooling channel was investigated.
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Experimental study on tubular solar still using Graphene Oxide Nano particles in Phase Change Material (NPCM's) for fresh water production
Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Ravishankar Sathyamurthy,Ravishankar Sathyamurthy,A. Muthu Manokar,Swellam W. Sharshir,Fadl A. Essa,Ammar H. Elshiekh +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal conductivity of graphene oxide nanoparticle in PCM acts as the key role in improving the thermal performance of a tubular solar still, as compared to that of PCM without nanoparticle.
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Nanofluids effects on the evaporation rate in a solar still equipped with a heat exchanger
Omid Mahian,Ali Kianifar,Saeed Zeinali Heris,Dongsheng Wen,Dongsheng Wen,Ahmet Z. Sahin,Somchai Wongwises +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of a solar still equipped with a heat exchanger using nanofluids has been studied both experimentally and theoretically through three key parameters, i.e., freshwater yield, energy efficiency and exergy efficiency.
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Thermal-economic analysis and comparison between pyramid-shaped and single-slope solar still configurations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an analytical study as well as thermal and economic comparisons between two solar still configurations: the pyramid and the single slope, and the main performance parameters such as still productivity and efficiency are presented for the whole year.
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Experimental study of a solar still with sponge cubes in basin
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of a solar still with different size sponge cubes placed in the basin was studied experimentally, and the results showed that the daily production of such a still can be greatly enhanced using sponge cubes.
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Performance analysis of solar stills based on various factors affecting the productivity—A review
V. Velmurugan,K. Srithar +1 more
TL;DR: An extensive review of solar desalination systems has been carried out in this paper, which showed that the basin-type solar still has been found to be of limited performance and the simplest and most proven is the basin type.