Experimental Performance Analysis of a Solar Desalination System Modified with Natural Dolomite Powder Integrated Latent Heat Thermal Storage Unit

Fatih Selimefendigil, Ceylin Şirin and Hakan F. Öztop
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Fatih Selimefendigil: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45140, Turkey
Ceylin Şirin: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45140, Turkey
Hakan F. Öztop: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technology Faculty, Fırat University, Elazığ 23119, Turkey

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-15

Abstract: Solar desalination systems are effective and sustainable applications that are utilized to obtain potable water from saline or contaminated water. In this research, three solar desalination systems, including a conventional system, a phase change material (PCM)-based thermal energy storage unit (TESU), and a natural dolomite powder integrated PCM-based TESU, were structured and experimentally investigated. The developed solar desalination systems were analyzed simultaneously and the findings were discussed in detail. According to the empirically obtained outcomes, utilizing PCM-based TESUs and dolomite-powder-embedded PCM-based TESUs increased daily cumulative productivity by 10.15% and 17.70%, respectively, in comparison to the conventional distiller. Employing dolomite powder increased the energy and exergy efficiencies of the conventional distiller from 15.91% to 18.28% and from 1.26% to 1.78%, respectively. Moreover, environmental metrics such as global warming potential and the sustainability index of the developed solar desalination systems were analyzed within the scope of this work.

Keywords: solar desalination system; dolomite; paraffin; thermal energy storage; energy-exergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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