Graphite powder mixed with black paint on the absorber plate of the solar still to enhance yield : an experimental investigation

• Main Authors: Panchal, Hitesh, Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar, Ahmed, Alim Al Ayub, Hishan, Sanil S., Doranehgard, Mohammad Hossein, Essa, Fadl Abdelmonem, Shanmugan, S., Khalid, Mohammad
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B. V. 2021
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HB Economic Theory
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94308/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2021.115349
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The main goal of present article is to see how adding graphite powder and black paint to the absorber plate can increase solar still yield. Therefore, two identical in size solar stills called modified solar still (MSS) and Conventional solar still (CSS) have been fabricated and tested in Patan dist...