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Effect of fins and silicon dioxide nanoparticle black paint on the absorber plate for augmenting yield from tubular solar still

Environmental Science and Pollution Research volume 28, pages 35102–35112 (2021)Cite this article

Abstract

The present study aims at enhancing the yield of tubular solar still (TSS) by employing fins and coating the absorber plate. We doped the SiO2 nanoparticles into black paint at the weight concentration ranging from 10 to 40%. The solar still was tested in a bright sunny climatic condition of Chennai, Indian (lat. 13° 08′ N and long. 80° 27′ E). Under transient heat flux conditions, water, basin, and TSS glass temperatures with and without fin were measured. The rate of heat transfer by convection between the water and absorber plate was increased. Results revealed that the basin and water temperatures were improved by 10.49% and 10.88%, respectively when using black paint with SiO2 nanoparticle in the concentration of 20%, coated on the absorber plate compared to that when using the ordinary black paint, while using the fins on the absorber plate enhanced the potable water produced by 55.18% when using 20% SiO2 nanoparticle compared to that of conventional TSS. The cost per liter of water produced using the flat and finned absorber coated using 20% SiO2 nanoparticle in black paint is found as 0.0187 and 0.012 $/L respectively.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600045, India

    Rajendra Prasad Arani

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Arasur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641407, India

    Ravishankar Sathyamurthy

  3. Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    Ravishankar Sathyamurthy & Abd Elnaby Kabeel

  4. Faculty of Engineering, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha District, Kuwait

    Ali Chamkha

  5. Center of Excellence in Desalination Technology, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80200, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Ali Chamkha

  6. Faculty of Engineering, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa, Egypt

    Abd Elnaby Kabeel

  7. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Velammal Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Mageshbabu Deverajan & Madhu Balasubramanian

  8. Department of Automobile Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Kasi Kamalakannan

  9. Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Athikesavan Muthu Manokar

  10. Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt

    Fadl Essa

  11. Department of Chemical Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 603103, India

    Arumugam Saravanan

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Conceptualization, methodology, resources, formal analysis, and investigation were carried out by Arani Rajendra Prasad, Ali Chamkha, Abd Elnaby Kabeel, Mageshbabu Devarajan, Madhu Balasubramaian, Athikesavan Muthu Manokar, Fadl Essa, Kasi Kamalakannan, and Arumugam Saravanan. Conceptualization, writing—original draft preparation, review, and editing, and supervision were carried out by Ravishankar Sathyamurthy.

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Arani, R.P., Sathyamurthy, R., Chamkha, A. et al. Effect of fins and silicon dioxide nanoparticle black paint on the absorber plate for augmenting yield from tubular solar still. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 35102–35112 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13126-y

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Keywords

  • Solar still
  • Evaporation
  • Black paint
  • Nanoparticle
  • Yield
  • Water temperature