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Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills

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  • Arunkumar, T.
  • Velraj, R.
  • Denkenberger, D.C.
  • Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar
  • Kumar, K. Vinoth
  • Ahsan, Amimul

Abstract

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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  • Arunkumar, T. & Velraj, R. & Denkenberger, D.C. & Sathyamurthy, Ravishankar & Kumar, K. Vinoth & Ahsan, Amimul, 2016. "Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 391-400.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:88:y:2016:i:c:p:391-400
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.11.051
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