Performance Analysis of Floating Structures in Solar-Powered Desalination

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60461373:22320/24:43930388

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/3/621" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/3/621</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en17030621" target="_blank" >10.3390/en17030621</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Performance Analysis of Floating Structures in Solar-Powered Desalination

Original language description

Solar desalination employs direct sunrays in order to evaporate water vapor and collect the condensed water, making it an effective solution to combat water scarcity. In this experimental study, a solar still with a floating absorber is placed on the water, which acts as a heat absorber and is used to stop the heat conducting to the condensed water present in the still. Stainless steel, with thickness of 0.05 mm and dimensions of 500 mm × 500 mm, is used - this is coated with a Cr-Mn-Fe oxide nanocoating, and a wooden frame is attached to the sheet in order to maintain the balance, allowing the still to float at a constant depth on the water. The experiment is conducted on three different levels of water (3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm) using a conventional solar still (CSS) and a modified solar still (MSS) under the same climatic circumstances. The total distillate for depths of 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm are 390 mL, 385 mL, and 385 mL, respectively for the MSS - the depths were 250 mL, 220 mL, and 205 mL, respectively, for the CSS. Upon comparison, the MSS performed better than the CSS by 56% at the 3 cm depth of water, 75% at the 4 cm depth of water, and 87% at the 5 cm depth of water. It was deduced that desalinated water for the MSS was 15.6% more cost-effective than for the CSS, and it was also 81% more cost-effective than packaged drinking water in India.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20704 - Energy and fuels

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Energies

ISSN

1996-1073

e-ISSN

1996-1073

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

621

UT code for WoS article

001160042300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85184659013