Latent heat storage for solar still applications

Abhishek Anand, Karunesh Kant, Amritanshu Shukla, Atul Sharma

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Abstract

Water is critical and inevitable for all forms of life, which is available in copious but not suitable for direct ingestion. Also, the existing technologies are costly, bungling, and energy inefficient. They trip on fossils fuel which is infecting. The technology we are considering here exploits direct solar energy for water desalination. This greener technology further concentrates on the latent heat storage through phase change materials (PCMs). The PCMs are profusely available at reasonable rates. The technology transition will reduce the carbon footprint safeguarding the energy security and environmental sustainability.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSolar Desalination Technology
EditorsAnil Kumar, Om Prakash
Place of PublicationSpringer Singapore
PublisherSpringer
Chapter14
Pages293-323
Number of pages31
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)978-981-13-6887-5
ISBN (Print)978-981-13-6886-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2019

Publication series

NameGreen Energy and Technology
ISSN (Print)1865-3529
ISSN (Electronic)1865-3537

Keywords

  • Desalination
  • Latent heat storage
  • Phase change materials
  • Solar energy
  • Solar still

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