Experimental study of the impact of low-cost energy storage materials on the performance of solar distillers at different water depths

Kadhim Hussein A., El Hadi Attia M., Jassim Abdul-Ammer H., ARICI M., Ben Hamida M. B., Younis O., ...Daha Fazla

SOLAR ENERGY, cilt.257, ss.221-230, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 257
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.solener.2023.04.013
  • Dergi Adı: SOLAR ENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Environment Index, Geobase, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.221-230
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Solar distiller, Solar energy, Spherical salt balls, Sponges, Water depths, Water distillation
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the current research, a low-cost energy storage material was utilized to improve the performance of single-slope solar distillers. To this end, a conventional distiller was modified with low-cost energy storage materials by adding twenty-five spherical salt balls and seventeen sponges to the bottom of the basin at different water depths, and its performance was examined under the climate of Al-Hilla, Iraq. Therefore, two cases were tested; 25 salt balls + 17 sponges in 1.5 cm depth of water (Case 1) and 25 salt balls + 17 sponges in 2 cm depth of water (Case 2), and their results were compared with the conventional solar distiller. It was found that using reasonable energy storage materials (salt balls and sponges) has a good role in increasing the productivity of modified solar distillers. Also, the daily accumulated productivity of modified solar still (MSS) for Case 1 was higher than that for Case 2 and CSS by about 16.86% and 44.32%, respectively. The maximum productivity was attained for Case 1, which was 1934 g/m2, 1655 g/m2, and 1340 g/m2 for both modified solar still (MSS-SBS) for Case 2 and CSS, respectively. Finally, it is recommended to use low-cost energy storage materials such as salt balls and sponges with a minimum depth of basin water to improve the productivity of the solar still.