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Scientific Reports 14, Article number: 29218 (2024) Cite this article The study investigates the performance enhancement of a conical solar distillation system by incorporating different energy storage materials, including glass balls, stainless steel balls, sandstones, and black gravel.
A solar still with a surface area of 1 m 2 can be constructed using thermal energy storage components and a non-selective coating on the absorber sheet. Every day, with and without thermal energy storage components, the solar system is put through its paces.
The conventional solar still (CCSD), with an exergy efficiency of only 0.89%, demonstrates the clear advantage of incorporating energy storage materials into the system. Hourly exergy efficiency.
Our experiment aims to enhance the productivity of a conical solar distiller by utilizing several low-cost energy storage materials, including glass balls (GB), stainless steel balls (SSB), sand stones (SS), and black gravel (BG), all of which have identical dimensions (1.5 cm).
Vigneswaran, V. S. et al. Energy, Exergy, and Economic analysis of low thermal conductivity basin solar still integrated with Phase Change Material for energy storage. J. Energy Storage 34, 102194 (2021).
Solar stills using nanocomposite phase transition materials have an estimated daily efficiency of 45%; solar stills using paraffin wax alone for thermal storage have an efficiency of 40%; and solar stills without thermal storage have an efficiency of 38% 27.
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