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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 46, Pages 65974-65986Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15117-5
Keywords
Solar desalination; Solar still; Sensible heat; Ball marbles; Economic analysis
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The BMSS showed improved efficiency compared to the traditional CSS in terms of evaporation rate and productivity, resulting in higher potable water yield under both sunny and cloudy conditions. Additionally, the economic analysis revealed a shorter payback period and lower cost per litre of potable water for BMSS compared to CSS.
In the current research, the energy and economic performance in single-slope solar still using ball marbles (BMSS) has been investigated and compared the results with conventional solar still (CSS) under the similar weather conditions of Karaikal (10.92 degrees N, 79.83 degrees E), India, during October 2020. The experiments have been conducted on both sunny and cloudy day to evaluate the performance of solar still. The BMSS has increased the evaporation rate and productivity when compared to CSS due to the sensible heat energy stored by the ball marbles in the absorber basin. The potable water yield of the BMSS is improved by 21.23% and 22.86%, respectively, during sunny and cloudy days. The maximum cumulative productivity obtained in the BMSS is 2950 mL/m(2).day and 2150 mL/m(2).day, respectively, on sunny and cloudy days. In economic analysis, the payback period (PBP) of the BMSS is 5.7 months, whereas the PBP of the CSS is 6.5 months, respectively. Furthermore, the cost per litre (CPL) potable water produced by BMSS is 8% lower than the CPL of CSS.
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