Advertisement
Published in:
2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Performance Analysis of Corrugated Inclined Basin Solar Distillation System Coupled with Parabolic Trough Collector
Authors : Sandeep Joshi, Shubham Tagde, Aboli Pingle, Nikhil Bhave, Tushar Sathe
Published in: Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.
Select sections of text to find matching patents with Artificial Intelligence. powered by
Select sections of text to find additional relevant content using AI-assisted search. powered by
Abstract
Several designs of solar distillation system have been built over the past century. However, the development of an economical system with high productivity is a major challenge. Various researchers worked to improve the productivity of solar distillation system by improving the rate of evaporation and/or the rate of vapor condensation. In the current work, the evaporation rate is enhanced by basin modification and using a secondary heating medium. An inclined corrugated basin solar still is designed and fabricated and coupled with a parabolic trough collector. Experimental study was carried at Nagpur (21.14° N, 79.0882° E) during the months of April and May, and results indicate 13.58% increase in the thermal efficiency. Further, CFD analysis is carried out by using RNG (k − ε) turbulence model in ANSYS Fluent. The CFD results were found to be in good agreement with the experimental results, thus validating the CFD model to carry out any modifications in the future.