Title: Effects of the dissimilarity of water depth on energy and exergy efficiencies and productivity of solar energy

Authors: Rakesh Kumar Yadav; Mukesh Kumar; Jay Singh; Desh Bandhu Singh; Navneet Kumar

Addresses: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, KCC Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida-201306, U.P., India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, IEC College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida – 201306, G.B. Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India ' Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GL Baja Institute of Technology and Management, Plot No. 2, Knowledge Park 3, Greater Noida – 201306, Uttar Pradesh, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Bell Road, Clement Town, Dehradun, Pin Code – 248002, Uttarakhand, India ' Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Plot No. 1, Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida – 201306, G.B. Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract: This research work investigates the effect of dissimilarity of water depth on energy and exergy efficiencies and productivity of solar still of double slope type coupled to N alike evacuated tubular collectors. The analysis has been done for archetypal days of June and January for complex climatic situation of New Delhi using computer codes inscribed in MATLAB-2015a. It has been concluded that values of average daily efficiencies and productivity increase first and then become almost constant beyond water depth of 0.56 m.

Keywords: exergy; efficiency; productivity; ETC; double slope solar still.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2022.124176

International Journal of Exergy, 2022 Vol.38 No.3, pp.333 - 345

Received: 20 Oct 2020
Accepted: 05 Sep 2021
Published online: 15 Jul 2022 *

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