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- Title
PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF A SOLAR STILL USING COTTON REGENERATIVE MEDIUM.
- Authors
THIRUMALAI GOPAL, Sakthivel THIRUMALAI; THOTTIPALAYAM VELLINGRI, Arjunan
- Abstract
This paper presents the performance of a single slope solar still using cotton cloth regenerative medium. The performance was evaluated under the metrological conditions of Chennai city in India during the summer months of 2016. Two single-slope solar stills are fabricated with an effective area of 0.5 m2 with various thicknesses (2, 4, 6, and 8 mm) of cotton cloth were used for the performance comparison. The results showed, the solar still with 6 mm thick cotton assisted regenerative solar still has about 28% improved productivity when compared to conventional solar still.
- Subjects
SOLAR energy; COTTON textiles; DRINKING water quality; REGENERATIVE cooling; SOLAR heating
- Publication
Thermal Science, 2017, pS427
- ISSN
0354-9836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/TSCI17S2427T