High Efficiency Solar Desalination and Superheated Steam Generation Utilizing Contactless Infrared Heating

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dc.contributor.advisorCooper, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Tahzinul
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:20:03Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:20:03Z
dc.date.copyright2022-05-10
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:20:02Z
dc.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineering
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMASc - Master of Applied Science
dc.description.abstractThe present study has investigated a novel configuration of a Contactless Solar Evaporation Structure (CSES), which has been prototyped over 41 experiments and 4 design iterations. The final design is able to utilize ~20% of solar energy (under 1 sun) to radiatively boil water for purposes of desalination (i.e. clean drinking water). The device can further reach boiling temperatures (water at 100 °C) as well as superheat steam to ~ 115 °C using a ~120 °C solar absorber as heat exchanger. A transient numerical model was developed and matched to the experimental results. This model was parameterized to predict trends of the device configuration to any scale, material, or solar irradiance. Secondary results include optical properties of key components of the solar still, design evolution over 41 experiments, innovation details for small-scale solar desalination devices, evaporation rates for 6 conventional solar still configurations, and a novel solar flux mapping procedure.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40611
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectMechanical engineering
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.subjectDesign
dc.subject.keywordsSmall-scale
dc.subject.keywordsSolar desalination
dc.subject.keywordsSolar radiation
dc.subject.keywordsHeat transfer
dc.subject.keywordsMass transfer
dc.subject.keywordsEvaporation
dc.subject.keywordsSolar stills
dc.subject.keywordsInnovation
dc.subject.keywordsProduct development
dc.subject.keywordsProduct design
dc.subject.keywordsEngineering design
dc.subject.keywordsFlux mapping
dc.subject.keywordsOptical testing
dc.subject.keywordsOptical efficiency
dc.subject.keywordsSolar-to-thermal efficiency
dc.subject.keywordsSolar absorber
dc.subject.keywordsAbsorber temperature
dc.subject.keywordsHeat-up time
dc.subject.keywordsIrradiance
dc.subject.keywordsTransient
dc.subject.keywordsNumerical model
dc.subject.keywordsExperiment
dc.subject.keywordsPrototype
dc.subject.keywordsThermal layout
dc.subject.keywordsSolar simulator
dc.subject.keywordsLED solar simulator
dc.subject.keywordsReverse osmosis
dc.subject.keywordsConduction
dc.subject.keywordsConvection
dc.subject.keywordsRadiation
dc.subject.keywordsHydrophilic cloth
dc.subject.keywordsOrigami engineering
dc.subject.keywordsClamping
dc.subject.keywordsReflective tape
dc.subject.keywordsNew product design
dc.subject.keywordsNew product development
dc.subject.keywordsSolar distillation
dc.titleHigh Efficiency Solar Desalination and Superheated Steam Generation Utilizing Contactless Infrared Heating
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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