Storing solar energy in continuously moving redox particles – Experimental analysis of charging and discharging reactors

Water scarcity is one of the most important problems in Middle East and North Africa. Many researchers believe that solar distillation is the best solution to solve water scarcity, especially since these areas are characterized by abundant solar energy most days of the year. One of the main disadvantages of solar distillates is the low rate of production and therefore the research focuses on the factors that many enhance and improve the rates of production of the solar stills. In this paper, the performance of a passive built in condenser incorporated into a solar still is studied theoretically and experimentally using. A theoretical framework is developed to forecast the productivity performance (accumulated and hourly), the temperatures of the various elements of the stills. The theoretical and experimental results were compared together and discussed thoroughly. Both theoretical and experimental results were in good agreement. The behaviors of both agree well with each other and have similar trends.

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Experimental analysis of heat transfer characteristics of solar energy based latent heat storage system

Materials Today Proceedings ◽

10.1016/j.matpr.2016.04.165 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 2475-2482 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

N. Beemkumar ◽

A. Karthikeyan

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Solar Energy ◽

Latent Heat ◽

Experimental Analysis ◽

Heat Storage ◽

Storage System ◽

Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽

Latent Heat Storage ◽

Transfer Characteristics

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Experimental analysis, modeling and simulation of a solar energy accumulator with paraffin wax as PCM

Energy Conversion and Management ◽

10.1016/j.enconman.2015.07.068 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 105 ◽

pp. 189-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

A. Reyes ◽

L. Henríquez-Vargas ◽

R. Aravena ◽

F. Sepúlveda

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Modeling And Simulation ◽

Experimental Analysis ◽

Paraffin Wax

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Experimental Analysis of Thermoelectric Device to Produce Cooling Effect Using Solar Energy and Phase Changing Material

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/312/1/012003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 312 ◽

pp. 012003

Author(s):

P. Lakshmi Prasanna ◽

K Dharma Reddy

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Experimental Analysis ◽

Cooling Effect ◽

Thermoelectric Device

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Rendez vous with Saturn's rings

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100101885 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 743-759 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kerry T. Nock

Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Electric Propulsion ◽

Power Source ◽

Propulsion System ◽

Low Thrust ◽

Ring Plane ◽

The Earth ◽

Total Impulse ◽

Saturn's Rings

ABSTRACTA mission to rendezvous with the rings of Saturn is studied with regard to science rationale and instrumentation and engineering feasibility and design. Future detailedin situexploration of the rings of Saturn will require spacecraft systems with enormous propulsive capability. NASA is currently studying the critical technologies for just such a system, called Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP). Electric propulsion is the only technology which can effectively provide the required total impulse for this demanding mission. Furthermore, the power source must be nuclear because the solar energy reaching Saturn is only 1% of that at the Earth. An important aspect of this mission is the ability of the low thrust propulsion system to continuously boost the spacecraft above the ring plane as it spirals in toward Saturn, thus enabling scientific measurements of ring particles from only a few kilometers.

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