Design & Development of a Buoyancy Driven Distillation unit Powered by a Solar Combi-Collector

Principal Investigator: Dr.-Ing. Varghese Panthalookaran

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Antony Varghese

Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India

Sponsored Amount: Rs.34,24,178.00

Project Duration: 2012-15

Papers Published:

1. Panthalookaran, V., Chettiyadan, D., Vadacherry, J., Kudakasseril, K., Parekkadan, V., 2016. Design of a helical coil dehumidifier for a novel gravity-driven solar distillation unit. Energy Procedia (ISSN 1876-6102) (2016) pp. 294-302., doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.221

2. Panthalookaran, V., George, JP, 2016. Experimental study on cooling of solar collectors using air-water mixture. Energy Procedia (ISSN 1876-6102) (2016) pp. 303-311. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.222

Dr.-Ing. Varghese Panthalookaran

Professor, Department of Basic Science and Humanities & Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering