THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Sakthivel Thirumalai Gopal

,

Arjunan Thottipalayam Vellingri

PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF A SOLAR STILL USING COTTON REGENERATIVE MEDIUM

ABSTRACT
This paper presents the performance of a single slope solar still using cotton cloth regenerative medium. The performance was evaluated under the metrological conditions of Chennai city in India during the summer months of 2016. Two single-slope solar stills are fabricated with an effective area of 0.5 m2 with various thicknesses (2, 4, 6, and 8 mm) of cotton cloth were used for the performance comparison. The results showed, the solar still with 6 mm thick cotton assisted regenerative solar still has about 28% improved productivity when compared to conventional solar still.
KEYWORDS
cotton cloth, solar still, regeneration solar still
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2017-03-20
PAPER REVISED: 2017-05-25
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2017-06-13
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2017-12-16
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI17S2427T
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2017, VOLUME 21, ISSUE Supplement 2, PAGES [S427 - S434]
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