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Triple basin active solar still
Author(s) -
Kumar Sanjeev,
Tiwari G. N.
Publication year - 1999
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(199905)23:6<529::aid-er500>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - structural basin , solar still , yield (engineering) , computation , distillation , environmental science , thermal , computer simulation , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , computer science , geology , simulation , algorithm , physics , thermodynamics , chemistry , geomorphology , desalination , biochemistry , organic chemistry , membrane
The Runge–Kutta method has been used to solve three coupled differential equations to determine the performance of an active triple basin solar distillation system. Hourly variation of various temperatures and yield have been evaluated alongwith overall thermal efficiency. Optimization of various parameters namely collector and basin area, and water depth with respect to daily yield has been carried out. Numerical computations have been performed for a typical day of Delhi climate. On the basis of numerical results, it has been observed that optimization of the collector area reduces with number of effects. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.