Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation

The valorization and repurposing of waste materials for sustainable outcomes and environmental mitigation are gaining prominence. This investigation explores the feasibility of repurposing discarded automotive engine oil as a viable means of energy storage in solar thermal desalination applications....

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Main Authors: Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik, Mahendran, Samykano, Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar, Rajamony, Reji Kumar, Pandey, Adarsh Kumar
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spelling my.ump.umpir.422122024-08-07T08:18:00Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42212/ Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik Mahendran, Samykano Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar Rajamony, Reji Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The valorization and repurposing of waste materials for sustainable outcomes and environmental mitigation are gaining prominence. This investigation explores the feasibility of repurposing discarded automotive engine oil as a viable means of energy storage in solar thermal desalination applications. A novel approach combining discarded engine oil with Paraffin wax in equal parts by volume is proposed as a composite energy storage (CES) to enhance nocturnal production and efficiency. The experimental findings show that the composite energy storage system has 26.54 % higher thermal conductivity and 44.66 % greater specific heat energy storage capacity compared to pure paraffin wax. Comparing the Desalination System with Engine Oil-based Energy Storage (DSEES) to a Traditional Solar Desalination System (TSDS) without energy storage, considering water and absorber temperatures and distillate production, reveals compelling advantages. DSEES exhibits remarkable temperature increases of 14 % in the basin and 11 % in water, alongside a significant 52.72 % rise in distillate production rates, yielding 3.36 and 3.16 l/sq.mt compared to TSDS's 2.2 and 2.1 l/sq.mt over two testing days. Cost analysis indicates DSEES's 33.7 % lower cost per liter and 33.8 % shorter payback period relative to TSDS. Furthermore, environmental assessment highlights DSEES's 60.8 % greater net carbon credit, indicating reduced ecological impact. Elsevier 2024-05-09 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42212/1/Waste-derived%20thermal%20storage%20solutions%20for%20sustainable%20solar%20desalination_ABST.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42212/2/Waste-derived%20thermal%20storage%20solutions%20for%20sustainable%20solar%20desalination.pdf Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik and Mahendran, Samykano and Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar and Rajamony, Reji Kumar and Pandey, Adarsh Kumar (2024) Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation. Desalination, 576 (117318). pp. 1-19. ISSN 0011-9164. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117318 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117318
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Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik
Mahendran, Samykano
Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar
Rajamony, Reji Kumar
Pandey, Adarsh Kumar
Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation
description The valorization and repurposing of waste materials for sustainable outcomes and environmental mitigation are gaining prominence. This investigation explores the feasibility of repurposing discarded automotive engine oil as a viable means of energy storage in solar thermal desalination applications. A novel approach combining discarded engine oil with Paraffin wax in equal parts by volume is proposed as a composite energy storage (CES) to enhance nocturnal production and efficiency. The experimental findings show that the composite energy storage system has 26.54 % higher thermal conductivity and 44.66 % greater specific heat energy storage capacity compared to pure paraffin wax. Comparing the Desalination System with Engine Oil-based Energy Storage (DSEES) to a Traditional Solar Desalination System (TSDS) without energy storage, considering water and absorber temperatures and distillate production, reveals compelling advantages. DSEES exhibits remarkable temperature increases of 14 % in the basin and 11 % in water, alongside a significant 52.72 % rise in distillate production rates, yielding 3.36 and 3.16 l/sq.mt compared to TSDS's 2.2 and 2.1 l/sq.mt over two testing days. Cost analysis indicates DSEES's 33.7 % lower cost per liter and 33.8 % shorter payback period relative to TSDS. Furthermore, environmental assessment highlights DSEES's 60.8 % greater net carbon credit, indicating reduced ecological impact.
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author Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik
Mahendran, Samykano
Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar
Rajamony, Reji Kumar
Pandey, Adarsh Kumar
author_facet Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik
Mahendran, Samykano
Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar
Rajamony, Reji Kumar
Pandey, Adarsh Kumar
author_sort Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik
title Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation
title_short Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation
title_full Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation
title_fullStr Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: A techno-environmental feasibility evaluation
title_sort waste-derived thermal storage solutions for sustainable solar desalination using discarded engine oil and paraffin wax: a techno-environmental feasibility evaluation
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2024
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42212/1/Waste-derived%20thermal%20storage%20solutions%20for%20sustainable%20solar%20desalination_ABST.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42212/2/Waste-derived%20thermal%20storage%20solutions%20for%20sustainable%20solar%20desalination.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42212/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117318
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117318
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