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publication name Productivity of Solar Still Unit Engaged with Waste Energy Source
Authors Omar A. Elfieky Ramdan Y. Sakr Ghazy M. Assassa Mohamed R. Salem
year 2021
keywords Solar still; Waste energy; Performance; Distillation
journal Engineering Research Journal
volume 1
issue 50
pages 14-22
publisher Benha Univeristy
Local/International Local
Paper Link https://erjsh.journals.ekb.eg/article_224651_9481187a4f5f1362167d125e555e3bb4.pdf
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Supplementary materials Mohamed Reda Aly Abd-Elhamid Salem_ERJSH_Volume 50_Issue 1_Pages 14-22.pdf
Abstract

This work aims to improve the productivity of solar still unit (SSU) by multiplying the supplied heat energy. Experiments are carried out daily from 10 AM to 3 PM using heating air, which simulates the exhausted gases from engines, boilers, or any other source. Several mass fluxes (up to 63.5 kg/s.m2) of the air beneath the solar still unit are tested at constant inlet temperature. The results state that just applying the proposed external heating system augments the accumulated yield while the thermal efficiency is decayed when compared with the unmodified unit. Besides, increasing the heating air flow rate boosts both the system productivity and thermal efficiency. Another part of the experiments is occurred for the whole day with heating air system at mass flux of 63.25 kg/s.m2. For the modified unit, the outputs state that the change in the temperatures and freshwater yield are small along the day when compared with the reference one, in which the temperatures reach their peak values at 1 to 1:30 PM. The resulted accumulated yield over the whole day is increased from 3.16 l/m2 for the reference unit to be 13.48 l/m2. This increase corresponds to an enhancement ratio of 326.6%.

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