@Article{hmt.5.3,
AUTHOR = {Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, P.K. Nagarajan, Hyacinth J. Kennady, T.S. Ravikumar, V. Paulson, Amimul Ahsan},
TITLE = {ENHANCEMENT OF FRESH WATER PRODUCTION ON TRIANGULAR  PYRAMID SOLAR STILL USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL AS  STORAGE MATERIAL},
JOURNAL = {Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer},
VOLUME = {5},
YEAR = {2014},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {1--5},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fhmt/v5n1/54879},
ISSN = {2151-8629},
ABSTRACT = {This paper presents the method of improvement of enhancing the performance of triangular pyramid solar still with and without latent heat energy 
storage. For comparing the productivity of solar still with and without LHTESS a solar still is designed, fabricated. Experiments are conducted in hot 
and humid climate of Chennai, India. Paraffin wax is used as LHTESS due to its feasible general and economic properties. The hourly productivity is 
slightly higher in case of solar still without LHTESS during sunny days. There is an increase of about 35% in production of fresh water with 
LHTESS than that of solar still without LHTESS. Also it was found that during the off shine period the fresh water produced from the still is higher. 
The solar still with and without LHTESS were found to be 4.5 L/m2
day and 3.5 L/m2
day during summer and in the winter the productivity was found 
to be 3.4 L/m2day and 2.3 L/m2day for the still with and without LHTESS respectively.},
DOI = {10.5098/hmt.5.3}
}