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Performance analysis for passive single slope single basin solar distiller with a floating absorber – An experimental study
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In this article, a detailed comparison between the thermal performance of single slope single basin solar distiller and single slope SBDFA with a floating absorber has been investigated, and the two units are designed, fabricated and tested under the same weather conditions of Tanta, Egypt (Lat 30° 47′N) during typical summer days.About:
This article is published in Energy.The article was published on 2014-04-15. It has received 28 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & Passive solar building design.read more
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Factors affecting solar stills productivity and improvement techniques: A detailed review
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of factors affecting solar still production (climatic conditions, operations and design parameters) and enhancement techniques (wicks, internal condensers, internal and external reflectors, phase change materials, Stepped solar still and a new method improved the solar still yield by using nanoparticles) has been argued.
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Thermal performance and exergy analysis of solar stills – A review
Swellam W. Sharshir,Swellam W. Sharshir,Ammar H. Elsheikh,Ammar H. Elsheikh,Guilong Peng,Nuo Yang,M.O.A. El-Samadony,Abd Elnaby Kabeel +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of different theoretical approaches which have been used to assess the thermal performance of solar still and exergy analysis of such devices are discussed, indicating that the productivity of the SS depends on different external and internal operating parameters.
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An extensive review on different design and climatic parameters to increase distillate output of solar still
Hitesh Panchal,Sanjay K.S. Patel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, different design and climate parameters are reviewed which affect the yield of a solar still, and a lot of investigation has been done by various researchers to inspect the parameters that affect the efficiency of solar still and to improve its performance.
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Performance of solar still using shape-stabilized PCM: Experimental and theoretical investigation
TL;DR: In this paper, a shape-stabilized phase change material (SSPCM) was used to evaluate the performance of a solar still by applying a new shape stabilizer, which was characterized with stable shape, high thermal conductivity and high solar absorption.
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Enhancement of single solar still integrated with solar dishes: An experimental approach
Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Mohamed M. Khairat Dawood,Khaled Ramzy,Tamer Nabil,Basem E. Elnaghi,Ahmed elkassar +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, two identical solar parabolic dishes equipped with two conical tanks were integrated with a single solar still and four modules of PV with total power output 1000 W. The proposed system was constructed and tested for three months under the weather conditions of Ismailia, Egypt.
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Single basin solar still with fin for enhancing productivity
TL;DR: In this article, to augment evaporation of the still basin water, fins were integrated at the basin of the solar still to accelerate the production rate, and for further increase in exposure area sponges were used.
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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.
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Effect of water depths on heat and mass transfer in a passive solar still: in summer climatic condition
Anil Kr. Tiwari,G.N. Tiwari +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an attempt has been made to find out the effect of water depth on evaporative mass transfer coefficient for a passive single-slope distillation system in summer climatic condition.
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Sun tracking system for productivity enhancement of solar still
Salah Abdallah,Omar Badran +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a sun tracking system was deployed for enhancing the solar still productivity, where a computerized sun tracking device was used for rotating a solar still with the movement of the sun, and a comparison between fixed and sun tracked solar stills showed that the use of sun tracking increased the productivity for around 22%.