Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous

In this paper, a detailed comparison of a few numerical models (with and without considering humid air properties) for the estimation of water production from a solar water distillation device is investigated. An extensive laboratory production experiments were executed under fifteen sets of externa...

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Main Authors: Ahsan, Amimul, Imteaz, Monzur Alam, Dev, Rahul, Arafat, Hassan A.
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Published: Elsevier 2013
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spelling my.upm.eprints.286502015-09-17T06:33:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28650/ Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous Ahsan, Amimul Imteaz, Monzur Alam Dev, Rahul Arafat, Hassan A. In this paper, a detailed comparison of a few numerical models (with and without considering humid air properties) for the estimation of water production from a solar water distillation device is investigated. An extensive laboratory production experiments were executed under fifteen sets of external conditions to find the properties of evaporation and condensation coefficients to incorporate with the present evaporation and condensation models (two unique and independent theoretical models), respectively. The calculation accuracy of the evaporation flux computed by two evaporation models (present and previous), Dunkle's and Ueda's model, and of the hourly condensation flux estimated by two condensation models (present and previous) was examined using the field experimental results. It was found that the previous evaporation and condensation models using empirical relationships extremely overestimated and underestimated the observed production flux, respectively. The evaporation flux calculated by the conventional models of Dunkle and Ueda notably underestimated and overestimated the observed values, respectively. Finally, it is revealed that the present models have the smallest deviation between the calculated and the observed values among these six models and can predict the daily production flux. Elsevier 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28650/1/Numerical%20models%20of%20solar%20distillation%20device.pdf Ahsan, Amimul and Imteaz, Monzur Alam and Dev, Rahul and Arafat, Hassan A. (2013) Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous. Desalination, 311. pp. 173-181. ISSN 0011-9164; ESSN: 1873-4464 10.1016/j.desal.2012.11.023
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description In this paper, a detailed comparison of a few numerical models (with and without considering humid air properties) for the estimation of water production from a solar water distillation device is investigated. An extensive laboratory production experiments were executed under fifteen sets of external conditions to find the properties of evaporation and condensation coefficients to incorporate with the present evaporation and condensation models (two unique and independent theoretical models), respectively. The calculation accuracy of the evaporation flux computed by two evaporation models (present and previous), Dunkle's and Ueda's model, and of the hourly condensation flux estimated by two condensation models (present and previous) was examined using the field experimental results. It was found that the previous evaporation and condensation models using empirical relationships extremely overestimated and underestimated the observed production flux, respectively. The evaporation flux calculated by the conventional models of Dunkle and Ueda notably underestimated and overestimated the observed values, respectively. Finally, it is revealed that the present models have the smallest deviation between the calculated and the observed values among these six models and can predict the daily production flux.
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author Ahsan, Amimul
Imteaz, Monzur Alam
Dev, Rahul
Arafat, Hassan A.
spellingShingle Ahsan, Amimul
Imteaz, Monzur Alam
Dev, Rahul
Arafat, Hassan A.
Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous
author_facet Ahsan, Amimul
Imteaz, Monzur Alam
Dev, Rahul
Arafat, Hassan A.
author_sort Ahsan, Amimul
title Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous
title_short Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous
title_full Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous
title_fullStr Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous
title_full_unstemmed Numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous
title_sort numerical models of solar distillation device: present and previous
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28650/1/Numerical%20models%20of%20solar%20distillation%20device.pdf
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