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Effect of glass cover inclination and parametric studies of concentrator‐assisted solar distillation system
Author(s) -
Prasad Bhagwan,
Tiwari G. N.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-114x(199606)20:6<495::aid-er166>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - distillation , solar still , energy balance , concentrator , thermal , solar energy , parametric statistics , mechanics , computation , materials science , thermal efficiency , environmental science , thermodynamics , process engineering , optics , mathematics , engineering , chemistry , physics , desalination , biochemistry , statistics , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , algorithm , membrane , combustion
In this communication, a thermal analysis of concentrator‐assisted solar distillation unit has been developed to optimize the glass cover inclination. The thermal energy is based on the energy balance equation for each component of the distillation unit by incorporating the proposed modified Dunckle's relation for internal heat loss. An analytical expression for various parameters, namely the water and glass cover temperatures, hourly and daily yield and an instantaneous thermal efficiency, has been derived. Numerical computations have been carried out and it has been observed that the daily output increases with inclination.