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Silicon Particles/Black Paint Coating for Performance Enhancement of Solar Absorbers

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  • Shwe Sin Han

    (Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), Level 4, Wisma R & D, University of Malaya, Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur 59990, Malaysia)

  • Usman Ghafoor

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
    These authors have equally contributed as the second author in the manuscript.)

  • Tareq Saeed

    (Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics (NAAM)-Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
    These authors have equally contributed as the second author in the manuscript.)

  • Hassan Elahi

    (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
    These authors have equally contributed as the second author in the manuscript.)

  • Usman Masud

    (Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila 47050, Pakistan
    Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, University of Kassel, 34127 Kassel, Germany)

  • Laveet Kumar

    (Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), Level 4, Wisma R & D, University of Malaya, Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur 59990, Malaysia)

  • Jeyraj Selvaraj

    (Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), Level 4, Wisma R & D, University of Malaya, Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur 59990, Malaysia)

  • Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad

    (Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), Level 4, Wisma R & D, University of Malaya, Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur 59990, Malaysia)

Abstract

The availability of fresh drinkable water and water security is becoming a global challenge for sustainable development. In this regard, solar stills, due to their ease in operation, installation, and utilization of direct sunlight (as thermal energy), promise a better and sustainable future technology for water security in urban and remote areas. The major issue is its low distillate productivity, which limits its widespread commercialization. In this study, the effect of silicon (Si) particles is examined to improve the absorber surface temperature of the solar still absorber plate, which is the major component for increased distillate yield. Various weight percentages of Si particles were introduced in paint and coated on the aluminum absorber surface. Extensive indoor (using a self-made halogen light-based solar simulator) and outdoor testing were conducted to optimize the concentration. The coatings with 15 wt % Si in the paint exhibited the highest increase in temperature, namely, 98.5 °C under indoor controlled conditions at 1000 W/m 2 irradiation, which is 65.81% higher than a bare aluminum plate and 37.09% higher compared to a black paint-coated aluminum plate. On the other hand, coatings with 10 wt % Si reached up to 73.2 °C under uncontrolled outdoor conditions compared to 68.8 °C for the black paint-coated aluminum plate. A further increase in concentration did not improve the surface temperature, which was due to an excessive increase in thermal conductivity and high convective heat losses.

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  • Shwe Sin Han & Usman Ghafoor & Tareq Saeed & Hassan Elahi & Usman Masud & Laveet Kumar & Jeyraj Selvaraj & Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad, 2021. "Silicon Particles/Black Paint Coating for Performance Enhancement of Solar Absorbers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-11, November.
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