Research Article
Performance Evaluation of a Photovoltaic-Thermal Collector Coupled Stepped Solar Still for Indian Climatic Conditions
Table 4
For modeling validation: comparison of the experimental and analytical results in reference [
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| Time | | | | [25] | | [28] | | [28] | |
| 8 | 272.83 | 0.58 | 21.42 | 21.12 | 23.72 | 21.12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 08 : 30 | 350.78 | 1.23 | 23.7 | 32.42 | 39.57 | 37.34 | 38.28675 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 9 | 436.57 | 2.36 | 25.64 | 43.18 | 47.8 | 43.91 | 46.41324 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 09 : 30 | 525.92 | 3.42 | 27.18 | 49.19 | 52.86 | 47.92 | 50.99174 | 0.6 | 0.62 | 10 | 613.28 | 3.85 | 28.33 | 56.48 | 56.8 | 52.29 | 54.37292 | 0.75 | 0.784 | 10 : 30 | 692.23 | 3.77 | 29.15 | 60.13 | 60.17 | 57.21 | 57.25095 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 11 | 756.33 | 3.51 | 29.72 | 63.78 | 62.94 | 61.95 | 59.64435 | 0.96 | 1 | 11 : 30 | 799.88 | 3.14 | 30.16 | 68.15 | 65.11 | 65.05 | 61.60148 | 1.03 | 1.1 | 12 | 818.85 | 2.76 | 30.56 | 69.61 | 66.634 | 66.69 | 63.08162 | 1.06 | 1.147 | 12 : 30 | 811.42 | 2.5 | 30.96 | 71.25 | 67.31 | 68.58 | 63.89121 | 1.1 | 1.15 | 1 | 778.31 | 2.4 | 31.39 | 71.43 | 67.06 | 67.79 | 63.90457 | 1.07 | 1.129 | 01 : 30 | 772.63 | 2.38 | 31.8 | 69.79 | 66.44 | 66.88 | 63.18553 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 2 | 649.44 | 2.36 | 32.1 | 68.33 | 64.12 | 64.14 | 61.84511 | 0.9 | 0.983 | 02 : 30 | 564.97 | 2.3 | 32.16 | 65.23 | 61.64 | 61.95 | 59.91788 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 3 | 475.75 | 2.18 | 31.87 | 59.58 | 58.55 | 59.58 | 57.39984 | 0.68 | 0.738 | 03 : 30 | 387.78 | 2.02 | 31.13 | 54.66 | 54.86 | 55.39 | 54.23501 | 0.6 | 0.59 | 4 | 305.96 | 1.81 | 29.87 | 49.89 | 50.58 | 51.56 | 50.40746 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 04 : 30 | 233.66 | 1.59 | 28.1 | 44.87 | 45.75 | 45.55 | 45.91281 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 5 | 172.74 | 1.35 | 25.86 | 39.82 | 40.45 | 39.9 | 40.81258 | 0.19 | 0.22 | (%) | — | — | — | 0.62% | | 1.99% | | 6.77% | |
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