Improved freshwater generation via hemispherical solar desalination unit using paraffin wax as phase change material encapsulated in waste aluminium cans
B. Thamarai Kannan, B. Madhu, A.E. Kabeel, Amrit Kumar Thakur, R. Velraj, Iseult Lynch, R. Saidur, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy
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Paraffin waxSolar stillPhase-change materialDesalinationBrackish waterMaterials scienceWaxWaste managementEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental sciencePulp and paper industryComposite materialPhase changeChemistryMembraneEngineeringSalinityBiochemistryBiologyEcologyEngineering physicsSolar-Powered Water Purification MethodsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsPhase Change Materials Research