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Analysis of evaporation rate in the solar still by using the synthesized SnO2 sensor device

T. ARUNKUMAR1,* , R. JAYAPRAKASH1, T. PRAKASH1, T. KRISHNAKUMAR2, SANJAYKUMAR3

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore- 641 020, Tamil Nadu, India
  2. Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Physics, VMKV Engineering College, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamil Nadu 636 308, India
  3. Centre for Appropriate Management Chandragupt Institute of Management, Chajubagh, Patna- 800 001, Bihar, India

Abstract

The SnO2 nano particles were prepared by microwave technique. The particle sizes of SnO2 were confirmed by XRD and TEM analysis. The prepared nano particles have good humidity sensing property which will be adopted for analyzing the evaporation in the solar still. The humidity measurements are carried out by fixing the nano particle pellet inside the solar still at the required place. The humid variations are measured inside the solar still with respect to the water and air temperatures.

Keywords

Nano particle, Temperature, Humidity.

Citation

T. ARUNKUMAR, R. JAYAPRAKASH, T. PRAKASH, T. KRISHNAKUMAR, SANJAYKUMAR, Analysis of evaporation rate in the solar still by using the synthesized SnO2 sensor device, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 7, July 2010, pp.995-997 (2010).

Submitted at: June 6, 2010

Accepted at: July 14, 2010