Transient solidification and melting numerical simulation of lauric acid PCM filled stepped solar still basin used in water desalination process

• Main Authors: Fayaz, Hussain, Shaik, Saboor, Khan, Sher Afghan, Huynh, Van Van, Jilte, Ravindra D., Sundara, Vikram, Asif, Mohammad, Linul, Emanoil
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2023
• Subjects: TD172 Environmental pollution
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/106097/7/106097_Transient%20solidification%20and%20melting%20numerical%20simulation_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/106097/8/106097_Transient%20solidification%20and%20melting%20numerical%20simulation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/106097/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/case-studies-in-thermal-engineering; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.103370

It is crucial to produce potable water from salt water in arid places using a stepped solar still desalination process. This work presents lauric acid PCM's temperature distribution and phase transformation in an inclined stepped solar still desalination system. A second-order finite volume met...