Energetic and exergetic investigation of single slope solar still with sponge and circular hollow fins at different water depths

Heat Transfer ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyush Kumar Pathak ◽  
Gaurav Raj ◽  
Prakash Chandra
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Author(s):  
Anil Kr Tiwari ◽  
G. N. Tiwari

In this communication, an effect of inclination of condensing cover and water depth in still, on convective mass transfer coefficient in passive solar still has been studied. Three solar stills with effective basin area of 1 m2 for three inclinations of condensing cover namely 15°, 30° and 45° have been considered. Another still with same effective area but fixed cover inclination of 30° is considered to see the effect of water depths on still performance for water depths 0.04m, 0.08m, 0.12m, 0.16m and 0.18m. Outdoor experiments have been conducted for Delhi climatic condition. Hourly variations of water, vapor, and cover temperatures along with yield have been measured. Regression analysis is used to determine the convective heat and mass transfer coefficient for outdoor condition. The 45° condensing cover is found giving maximum yield and lower water depth responded for higher yield in winter climatic condition.


2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 2374-2378
Author(s):  
A. Senthil Rajan ◽  
K. Raja

A single basin single slope solar still with 0.82mx 0.81m x 0.75m has been fabricated with G.I sheet and tested with different water depths of 2,3,4cm. Various solid and liquid sensible heat storage materials, Evaporative surface materials are used in the form of billets, in the still. To reduce glass cover temperature the outer glass was cooled by using sprinkler manually at regular interval of time. Theoretical analysis was performed and compared with experimental values. The performances of modified still were compared with conventional still of same size running under the same meteorological conditions. The solid sensible heat storage materials produces48% more productivity than conventional still. Liquid sensible heat storage material produces 19% more than conventional in till. The payback period of the still was 340 days.


Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Johnson ◽  
Lei Mu ◽  
Young Ho Park ◽  
Delia J. Valles ◽  
Huiyao Wang ◽  
...  

This study presents a theoretical model to simulate the temperatures and productivity of a single-slope, single-basin solar still when an external solar enhancement is used. Experiments were performed in the New Mexico region (32.3199° N, 106.7637° W) to validate the numerical model. A point focusing Fresnel lens was used in the experiments to enhance the solar input. It was found that a significant rise in the productivity of the still was achieved with the Fresnel lens. Parametric study by varying the water depth showed the Fresnel lens was more effective for larger water depths. In addition, the Fresnel lens can aid in improving the overall efficiency of the solar still.


Irriga ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianini Peixoto Bezerra Lima ◽  
José Vanglesio de Aguiar ◽  
Raimundo Nonato Távora Costa ◽  
Vital Pedro da Silva Paz

RENDIMENTO DE CULTIVARES DE CAUPI (Vigna unguiculata L Walp.) SUBMETIDAS À DIFERENTES LÂMINAS DE IRRIGAÇÃO1       Gianini Peixoto Bezerra Lima José Vanglesio de Aguiar Raimundo Nonato Távora Costa Universidade Federal do Ceará – Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola. Campus do Pici. Bloco 804. CEP 60455-760 – Fortaleza-CE Vital Pedro da Silva Paz Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz – Departamento de Engenharia Rural, bolsista da FAPESP. Av. Pádua Dias, 11 – Caixa Postal 11. 13418-900 – Piracicaba-SP       1 RESUMO       O caupi é um dos cultivos mais tradicionais do Norte e Nordeste do Brasil, constituindo alimento básico nestas regiões. Com este trabalho foi possível estabelecer relações entre a quantidade de água aplicada e produtividade de grãos, para três variedades de feijão caupi submetidas a diferentes lâminas de água. Para caracterização das lâminas de água foi utilizado um sistema de irrigação por aspersão convencional em linha. O controle da irrigação foi realizado a partir de tensiômetros instalados à 15 cm de profundidade. Os resultados mostraram que: i) a cultivar João Paulo II apresentou melhores resultados de produtividade para as lâminas de água aplicadas que variaram de T1 = 291,8 mm a T5 = 141,2 mm; ii) sob condições de reduzida disponibilidade de água, ou seja, menor lâmina aplicada, não ocorreu diferença estatística  para a produtividade entre as cultivares estudadas; e iii) para as condições do estudo, a cultivar Setentão apresentou a menor taxa de redução do produto marginal.       UNITERMOS: caupi, irrigação, função de produção       LIMA, G. P. B., AGUIAR, J. V., COSTA, R. N. T., PAZ, V. P. S. Responses OF cowpea cultivars (Vigna unguiculata L Walp) at differents irrigation deficits     2 ABSTRACT       The caupi is one of the most traditional cultivation of the north and northeast - Brazil, constituting a basic food in these areas. With this work it was possible to establish relationships between the amount of water applied and productivity of grains, for three caupi varieties submitted to different irrigation sheets. To diferentiate water depths in the irrigation system, the aspersion in line was used. The control of the irrigation was accomplished using tensiometers installed to 15 cm of depth. The results showed that: i) the João Paulo II variety presented better productivity for the applied water depths; ii) under reduced conditions of water avai lability for study conditions, these was no significant difference in the productivity reached among the cultivars studied; and iii) for the conditions of the study, the variety Setentão presented the smallest rate of reduction of the marginal product.       KEYWORDS: cowpea, irrigation, production function  


2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-344
Author(s):  
Karuppusamy Sampathkumar ◽  
Palanisamy Senthilkumar

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