Interconnection between renewable energy technologies and water treatment processes

PJ Choi, J Lee, A Jang - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The renewable-energy-based water-energy nexus is a promising approach that contributes
to climate change mitigation. Increasing concerns on GHG emission and energy demand …

Advancements in sustainable desalination with ocean thermal energy: A review

Z Hu, Y Chen - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination is an important process to alleviate the freshwater crisis. However,
traditional desalination techniques are typically energy-intensive and significantly contribute …

Harnessing solar and wind power for sustainable seawater desalination: A multi-criteria geospatial suitability analysis

KM Kotb, MR Elkadeem, SW Sharshir, MA Abido… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Water and energy sustainability are major concerns of the world's nations at present. This
research introduces a geographical decision-making model for strategically selecting …

Z-Scheme heterojunction WO3/ZnIn2S4 solar absorber for wastewater remediation

X Lv, Y Liang, X Jiang, T Sun, H Yang, L Bai, D Wei… - Ceramics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Z-Scheme heterojunction, recognized as one of the optimal methods for the separation of
electrons and holes, is extensively applied in the domain of photocatalytic. Leveraging the Z …

Modified SUZ-4 zeolite with hierarchical stacked structures used as interlayer improving thin-film composite membrane performance for the IPA pervaporation …

YF Lin, YX Fang, ZL Xu, TX Ren, SJ Xu… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
SUZ-4 zeolite is a needle-like material with an oriented pore structure that has potential for
separation. It is desired to prepare high-performance thin film composite (TFC) membranes …

Facile fabrication of low-cost, degradable double-layer chitosan/MXene solar vapor generator for enhanced thermal localization efficiency

T Zhang, W Han, J He, X Wang, B Wang, C Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The interfacial solar vapor generator (ISVG) has emerged as a promising solution to address
freshwater scarcity. The enhancement of thermal localization and suppression of salt …

Recent progress in green thin film membrane based materials for desalination: Design, properties and applications

S Raza, A Hayat, T Bashir, E Ghasali, AAA Hafez… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
The urgent need for sustainable solutions to address freshwater scarcity has encouraged
significant research interest in green thin film membrane-based materials (GTFM) for …

Power capture and power take-off load of a self-balanced dual-flap oscillating surge wave energy converter

A Ahmed, J Mi, J Huang, R Datla, K Connington, L Zuo… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Wave energy converters are an important part of future renewable energy infrastructure.
Predicting their power matrix, capture width ratio, and power take-off loads at a targeted site …

Oscillating surge wave energy converter using a novel above-water power takeoff with belt-arc speed amplification

J Mi, J Huang, X Li, A Ahmed, L Yang, U Chung… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigate the performance of a novel power takeoff (PTO) featuring belt-arc speed
amplification for oscillating surge wave energy converters (OSWECs), aiming to address the …

A Comparison of Power Take-Off Architectures for Wave-Powered Reverse Osmosis Desalination of Seawater with Co-Production of Electricity

JW Simmons, JD Van de Ven - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Several power take-off (PTO) architectures for wave-powered reverse osmosis (RO)
desalination of seawater are introduced and compared based on the annual average …