The problem of drinking water access: A review of disinfection technologies with an emphasis on solar treatment methods

N Pichel, M Vivar, M Fuentes - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The lack of access to safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity in
the 21st century. Despite the collective global effort that has been made, the drinking water …

Control of electro-chemical processes using energy harvesting materials and devices

Y Zhang, M Xie, V Adamaki, H Khanbareh… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Energy harvesting is a topic of intense interest that aims to convert ambient forms of energy
such as mechanical motion, light and heat, which are otherwise wasted, into useful energy …

Agglomeration of viruses by cationic lignin particles for facilitated water purification

GN Rivière, A Korpi, MH Sipponen, T Zou… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Virus contamination of water is a threat to human health in many countries. Current solutions
for inactivation of viruses mainly rely on environmentally burdensome chemical oxidation or …

Enhancement of solar water disinfection using H2O2 generated in situ by electrochemical reduction

Y Jin, Y Shi, Z Chen, R Chen, X Chen, X Zheng… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the solar water disinfection (SODIS) process was enhanced by in situ
generated H 2 O 2, and the influences of current, temperature, bacterial load, humic acid …

Numerical investigation of concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (CPV/T) system using compound hyperbolic–trumpet, V-trough and compound parabolic concentrators

A Ustaoglu, U Ozbey, H Torlaklı - Renewable energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel configuration of concentrating-photovoltaic system, compound hyperbolic
concentrator-trumpet photovoltaic-thermal system (CHCT-PVT), has been proposed to …

[HTML][HTML] Solar disinfection as a direct tertiary treatment of a wastewater plant using a photochemical-photovoltaic hybrid system

M Vivar, M Fuentes, J Torres, MJ Rodrigo - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work evaluates the SolWat hybrid system for solar water disinfection and photovoltaic
energy generation, for its implementation in tertiary treatment plants, using real wastewater …

Performance study on a novel hybrid solar gradient utilization system for combined photocatalytic oxidation technology and photovoltaic/thermal technology

B Yu, Q Jiang, W He, S Liu, F Zhou, J Ji, G Xu, H Chen - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid solar photocatalytic, photovoltaic and thermal recovery system that meets the
domestic demands for air purification, electricity generation, space heating and hot water …

[HTML][HTML] A new configuration of V-trough concentrator for achieving improved concentration ratio of> 3.0 x

M Alnajideen, M Gao - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
A new configuration of V-trough solar concentrator is proposed, constructed and
investigated in an attempt to improve the concentration ratio of the V-trough concentrators …

Photovoltaic and solar disinfection technology meeting the needs of water and electricity of a typical household in developing countries: From a Solar Home System to …

M Vivar, M Fuentes, N Pichel, A López-Vargas… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel SolWat system designed exclusively as a Solar Home System that also meets the
drinking water access in a family of a rural community in a developing country has been …

Estimating lethal dose of solar radiation for enterococcus inactivation through radiation reaching the water layer. Application to Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS)

M Figueredo-Fernández, S Gutiérrez-Alfaro… - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
SODIS is one of the least frequently used technologies in development cooperation
interventions for creating safe household drinking water. The primary weaknesses are the …