TY - JOUR
TI - Modelling of solar distillation system with phase change material (PCM) storage medium
AU - Al-hamadani Ali A.F.
AU - Shukla Shailendra Kumar
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2014
VL - 18
IS - 12
SP - 347
EP - 362
PT - Article
AB - An experimental investigation on a passive solar still with myristic acid as  phase change material (PCM) is carried out to examine the effect of both the  mass of PCM and basin water on the daily distillate output and efficiency of  the system under indoor simulated condition. Basic energy balance equations  are written to predict the water and glass temperatures, daily distillate  output and instantaneous efficiency of the single slope solar distillation  system with PCM. It is found that the higher mass of PCM with lower mass of  water in the solar still basin significantly increases the daily yield and  efficiency, but when the amount of PCM exceeds 20 kg productivity reduces.  Therefore, a novel and simple of solar stills with PCM is proposed to enhance  the overall productivity of the distillation system. The new solar still has  increased the distillate output by 35-40%. The use of inner glass cover  temperature for productivity prediction has also been investigated, and the  prediction shows relatively better agreement with the experimental data.