A state-of-art overview of multi-stage flash desalination and water treatment: Principles, challenges, and heat recovery in hybrid systems

AA Tareemi, SW Sharshir - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the most reliable techniques in thermal desalination is the multistage flash
desalination process, especially in North Africa, the Middle East, and Gulf Regions. In the …

A comprehensive review on solar thermal desalination systems based on humidification-dehumidification approach

A Tiwari, A Kumar - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2023 - Springer
Fresh water scarcity is turning into a serious and worrying challenge to the sustainable
growth of human being. This issue highlights the necessity of seawater desalination …

Design and performance a novel hybrid membrane distillation/humidification–dehumidification system

Y Elhenawy, K Fouad, M Bassyouni, T Majozi - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water shortage is a burden on governments with the significant increase in population and
industrial activities. There is an urgent need to devise innovative systems for providing …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study with thermal and economical analysis for some modifications on cylindrical sector and double slope, single basin solar still

MS El-Sebaey, A Ellman, A Hegazy, FA Essa - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar stills are considered one of the most thermally eco-friendly and promising solutions for
producing potable water in sunny and arid regions. However, they suffer from a …

Improving the performance of tubular solar still integrated with drilled carbonized wood and carbon black thin film evaporation

SW Sharshir, AW Kandeal, YM Ellakany, I Maher… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presented the enhanced thermo-exergoenviroeconomic performance of tubular
solar still (TSS) by integrating an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and available material …

A thermo-economic study of tubular solar distillers with V-corrugated basin and reflective mirrors

AE Kabeel, M Abdelgaied, AR Abd Elbar, GB Abdelaziz… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The advantage of the tubular solar still is the large receiving and condensation area that
characterizes the performance of the distiller. This study aims to achieve the maximum …

[HTML][HTML] Performance improvement of solar distiller using hang wick, reflectors and phase change materials enriched with nano-additives

WS AbuShanab, AH Elsheikh, EI Ghandourah… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of using nano-based thermal storage material filled into trapezoidal hang wick in a
pyramid solar distiller is under study. The study underwent three stages of examination; after …

A new heat pump-operated solar desalination unit integrated with an air recirculating room

SW Sharshir, A Joseph, MM Elsayad… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new study was presented studying the effect of coupling a solar still and a
heat pump to improve the performance of a solar still. Two setups of solar stills were …

A new trapezoidal pyramid solar still design with multi thermal enhancers

SW Sharshir, MA Rozza, A Joseph, AW Kandeal… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, many efforts have been conducted to augment the solar desalination systems'
performance, especially solar stills, as a participation in solving the water shortage and …

Humidification-dehumidification solar desalination system using porous activated carbon tubes as a humidifier

EMS El-Said, MA Dahab, MA Omara, GB Abdelaziz - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of solar water desalination utilizing humidification dehumidification (HDH)
techniques with a cooling system (CS) and hot air flow rate was investigated experimentally …