Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material
The scarcity of fresh water encouraged researchers to look for alternatives sourced from renewable energy. Solar stills were an alternative that could be used to help overcome the shortage of fresh water. The novelty of this research lay in the utilisation of palm kernels as a heat storage material...
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| author | Yogie Probo Sibagariang Oo Abdul Rosyid Himsar Ambarita Adjat Sudrajat M. Rosyid Ridlo Nelly Malik Lande Ma'arif Hasan Ahmad Fudholi |
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| description | The scarcity of fresh water encouraged researchers to look for alternatives sourced from renewable energy. Solar stills were an alternative that could be used to help overcome the shortage of fresh water. The novelty of this research lay in the utilisation of palm kernels as a heat storage material in a solar still. In order to achieve this objective, four solar stills were constructed and evaluated under identical environmental circumstances in Medan City, Indonesia. The palm kernels with different mass variations (1 kg, 3 kg, 5 kg) were placed in a solar still. The four solar stills were evaluated for energy, exergy, and economy analysis. From the experimental results, palm kernels were able to increase the temperature inside the solar still, thereby increasing the evaporation process inside the solar still. The productivity of freshwater solar stills with palm kernel kernels increased by 30.1 %, energy efficiency increased 4.9 %–15.9 %, and freshwater production costs fell by 23.17 %. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0b5ba01636024b49819bb7863b6564a22025-02-02T05:27:13ZengElsevierCase Studies in Thermal Engineering2214-157X2025-02-0166105705Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage materialYogie Probo Sibagariang0Oo Abdul Rosyid1Himsar Ambarita2Adjat Sudrajat3M. Rosyid Ridlo4Nelly Malik Lande5Ma'arif Hasan6Ahmad Fudholi7Research Center for Energy Conversion and Conservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaResearch Center for Energy Conversion and Conservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaMechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, 20155, Indonesia; Corresponding author.Research Center for Energy Conversion and Conservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaResearch Center for Energy Conversion and Conservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaResearch Center for Energy Conversion and Conservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaResearch Center for Energy Conversion and Conservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaResearch Center for Energy Conversion and Conservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaThe scarcity of fresh water encouraged researchers to look for alternatives sourced from renewable energy. Solar stills were an alternative that could be used to help overcome the shortage of fresh water. The novelty of this research lay in the utilisation of palm kernels as a heat storage material in a solar still. In order to achieve this objective, four solar stills were constructed and evaluated under identical environmental circumstances in Medan City, Indonesia. The palm kernels with different mass variations (1 kg, 3 kg, 5 kg) were placed in a solar still. The four solar stills were evaluated for energy, exergy, and economy analysis. From the experimental results, palm kernels were able to increase the temperature inside the solar still, thereby increasing the evaporation process inside the solar still. The productivity of freshwater solar stills with palm kernel kernels increased by 30.1 %, energy efficiency increased 4.9 %–15.9 %, and freshwater production costs fell by 23.17 %.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X24017362Solar stillPalm kernelSensibleHeat storage material |
| spellingShingle | Yogie Probo Sibagariang Oo Abdul Rosyid Himsar Ambarita Adjat Sudrajat M. Rosyid Ridlo Nelly Malik Lande Ma'arif Hasan Ahmad Fudholi Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material Case Studies in Thermal Engineering Solar still Palm kernel Sensible Heat storage material |
| title | Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material |
| title_full | Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material |
| title_fullStr | Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material |
| title_short | Solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material |
| title_sort | solar still double slope evaporation improvement using palm kernel as sensible heat storage material |
| topic | Solar still Palm kernel Sensible Heat storage material |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X24017362 |
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