Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still
Purification water is used in many industries, such as power plants, refineries, and manufacturing for cooling the system to regulate the temperature and prevent equipment from overheating. Many chemicals process purified water as a solvent, diluents, or medium to carry out reaction without contamin...
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| description | Purification water is used in many industries, such as power plants, refineries, and manufacturing for cooling the system to regulate the temperature and prevent equipment from overheating. Many chemicals process purified water as a solvent, diluents, or medium to carry out reaction without contamination. In some industries, it is used to mix with chemicals in processes. Purified water is used to clean the machinery, tools, and equipment in industries like pharmaceuticals, food, beverage and electronics fields. In some industries, like energy production, purified water is used in boilers to generate steam for power production. Various methods are available for converting saline water into purifying water. Those methods are such as desalination, vapor compression, reverse osmosis and electro dialysis. Solar water desalination is one of the most popular solar technologies. In this technology, the pure water is produced without salt content from the salty water including the bore water and seawater. A solar still is used and stores solar energy. A single basin, a single sloped solar still with a cover angle of 45º covering a depth of 25 mm bore water level in the basin. Solar energy is no polluting energy and also a free renewable source of energy. Cuddappa stone is used to construct the solar still, and thermocol insulation is used to cover it in this work. Adding certain heat-absorbing materials to the solar still basin and boosting its efficiency while enhancing the rate at which bore water is purified. To assess the performance, the solar yield rate should still be compared to that of various energy-absorbing materials, such as steel balls, tin pieces, and lead balls. The steel ball gives a higher production rate than the rest of the energy materials. The maximum day yield efficiency of a solar still is 11 %, while the maximum day yield of steel balls dyed black is 1770 ml/m2/day. The lowest day-yield efficiency of a solar still without energy materials is 3 %, and its minimum daily yield is 490 ml/m2/day. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b877c58ce0e04ba7a49bc82f83d38f822025-08-20T03:07:50ZengElsevierDesalination and Water Treatment1944-39862025-04-0132210110910.1016/j.dwt.2025.101109Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar stillSelvaraj P.0Nagaraj G.1Rajkumar T.2Renin Jeya Gem J.B.3PSN Institute of Technology and Science, Tirunelveli, TamilNadu, India; Corresponding author.Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, Tamilnadu, IndiaK.Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, Tamilnadu, IndiaCAPE Institute of Technology, Levengipuram, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, IndiaPurification water is used in many industries, such as power plants, refineries, and manufacturing for cooling the system to regulate the temperature and prevent equipment from overheating. Many chemicals process purified water as a solvent, diluents, or medium to carry out reaction without contamination. In some industries, it is used to mix with chemicals in processes. Purified water is used to clean the machinery, tools, and equipment in industries like pharmaceuticals, food, beverage and electronics fields. In some industries, like energy production, purified water is used in boilers to generate steam for power production. Various methods are available for converting saline water into purifying water. Those methods are such as desalination, vapor compression, reverse osmosis and electro dialysis. Solar water desalination is one of the most popular solar technologies. In this technology, the pure water is produced without salt content from the salty water including the bore water and seawater. A solar still is used and stores solar energy. A single basin, a single sloped solar still with a cover angle of 45º covering a depth of 25 mm bore water level in the basin. Solar energy is no polluting energy and also a free renewable source of energy. Cuddappa stone is used to construct the solar still, and thermocol insulation is used to cover it in this work. Adding certain heat-absorbing materials to the solar still basin and boosting its efficiency while enhancing the rate at which bore water is purified. To assess the performance, the solar yield rate should still be compared to that of various energy-absorbing materials, such as steel balls, tin pieces, and lead balls. The steel ball gives a higher production rate than the rest of the energy materials. The maximum day yield efficiency of a solar still is 11 %, while the maximum day yield of steel balls dyed black is 1770 ml/m2/day. The lowest day-yield efficiency of a solar still without energy materials is 3 %, and its minimum daily yield is 490 ml/m2/day.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1944398625001250Energy storage methodSolar stillThermal insulationPurification systemEnergy-material |
| spellingShingle | Selvaraj P. Nagaraj G. Rajkumar T. Renin Jeya Gem J.B. Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still Desalination and Water Treatment Energy storage method Solar still Thermal insulation Purification system Energy-material |
| title | Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still |
| title_full | Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still |
| title_short | Analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using Ansys Workbench 16.0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still |
| title_sort | analyzing the parameters of a desalination solar unit using ansys workbench 16 0 to improving the efficiency of the conventional solar still |
| topic | Energy storage method Solar still Thermal insulation Purification system Energy-material |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1944398625001250 |
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