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Thermal performance of the condensing covers in a triangular solar still

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  • Rubio-Cerda, Eduardo
  • Porta-Gándara, Miguel A.
  • Fernández-Zayas, José L.

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An experimental investigation has been carried out into an attic-shaped solar still subject to natural conditions of Grashof numbers up to 1.7×108. The performance of the condensing covers was studied under two still orientations, east–west and north–south. A continuous recording of the main parameters affecting productivity was made, and significant thermal and distillate differences between the two condensing plates were found. A procedure to estimate each cover production in triangular solar stills as a function of still temperature and area fraction is proposed as an extension to the model proposed by Dunkle. Predictions made with this procedure show closeness to experimental data for the cases studied.

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  • Rubio-Cerda, Eduardo & Porta-Gándara, Miguel A. & Fernández-Zayas, José L., 2002. "Thermal performance of the condensing covers in a triangular solar still," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 27(2), pages 301-308.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:27:y:2002:i:2:p:301-308
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(01)00196-3
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    1. Elango, C. & Gunasekaran, N. & Sampathkumar, K., 2015. "Thermal models of solar still—A comprehensive review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 856-911.
    2. Rubio, Eduardo & Fernández, José L. & Porta-Gándara, Miguel A., 2004. "Modeling thermal asymmetries in double slope solar stills," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 29(6), pages 895-906.
    3. Sharshir, S.W. & Elsheikh, A.H. & Peng, Guilong & Yang, Nuo & El-Samadony, M.O.A. & Kabeel, A.E., 2017. "Thermal performance and exergy analysis of solar stills – A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 521-544.
    4. Kabeel, A.E. & Abdelgaied, Mohamed, 2020. "Enhancement of pyramid-shaped solar stills performance using a high thermal conductivity absorber plate and cooling the glass cover," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 769-775.
    5. Dsilva Winfred Rufuss, D. & Iniyan, S. & Suganthi, L. & Davies, P.A., 2016. "Solar stills: A comprehensive review of designs, performance and material advances," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 464-496.
    6. Ismail, Basel I., 2009. "Design and performance of a transportable hemispherical solar still," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 145-150.

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