Title

Exploring potential of paraffin wax: A phase change material for improving yield of solar still

Journal title

Archives of Thermodynamics

Yearbook

2025

Volume

vol. 46

Issue

No 3

Authors

Negi, Akashdeep ; Ranakoti, Lalit ; Mishra, Sandip Kumar ; Verma, Rajesh Prasad ; Kumar, Vineet ; Mandal, Adhirath ; Bhandari, Prabhakar ; Uniyal, Arun ; Zainith, Prabhakar

Affiliation

Negi, Akashdeep : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, 248002, India ; Ranakoti, Lalit : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, 248002, India ; Mishra, Sandip Kumar : Mechanical Engineering Department, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, 284128, Uttar Pradesh, India ; Verma, Rajesh Prasad : GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201306, India ; Kumar, Vineet : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, 248002, India ; Mandal, Adhirath : Department of Mechanical Engineering & Design, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, 201309, Uttar Pradesh, India ; Bhandari, Prabhakar : Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Technology, K.R. Mangalam University, Gurugram, 122103, Haryana, India ; Uniyal, Arun : Department of Mechanical Engineering, COER University, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India ; Zainith, Prabhakar : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shivalik College of Engineering, Dehradun, 248197, Uttarakhand, India

Keywords

Paraffin wax ; Latent heat storage ; Solar still ; Yield improvement ; Placement of PCM ; Economic analysis

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

105-112

Publisher

The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences

Date

28.10.2025

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ather.2025.156582

Editorial Board

International Advisory Board

J. Bataille, Ecole Central de Lyon, Ecully, France

A. Bejan, Duke University, Durham, USA

A. C. Benim, Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany

W. Blasiak, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

G. P. Celata, ENEA, Rome, Italy

L.M. Cheng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

M. Colaco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

J. M. Delhaye, CEA, Grenoble, France

M. Giot, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

K. Hooman, University of Queensland, Australia

D. Jackson, University of Manchester, UK

D.F. Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China

K. Kuwagi, Okayama University of Science, Japan

J. P. Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa

S. Michaelides, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas, USA

M. Moran, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

W. Muschik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

I. Müller, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

H. Nakayama, Japanese Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

S. Nizetic, University of Split, Croatia

H. Orlande, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

M. Podowski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

A. Rusanov, Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems NAS, Kharkiv, Ukraine

M. R. von Spakovsky, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

A. Vallati, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

H.R. Yang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China