Active solar distillation—A detailed review

K Sampathkumar, TV Arjunan, P Pitchandi… - … and sustainable energy …, 2010 - Elsevier
All over the world, access to potable water to the people are narrowing down day by day.
Most of the human diseases are due to polluted or non-purified water resources. Even today …

Factors affecting basin type solar still productivity: A detailed review

AF Muftah, MA Alghoul, A Fudholi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Reasonable amounts of fresh water can be produced via inexpensive and sturdy solar stills
in places that are exposed to solar radiation and have a brackish water. This work intends to …

Enhancement of modified solar still integrated with external condenser using nanofluids: an experimental approach

AE Kabeel, ZM Omara, FA Essa - Energy conversion and management, 2014 - Elsevier
The distilled water productivity of the single basin solar still is very limited. In this context, the
design modification of a single basin solar still has been investigated to improve the solar …

Improving the performance of solar still by using PCM as a thermal storage medium under Egyptian conditions

AE Kabeel, M Abdelgaied - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective of the present work is to improve the performance of a solar still through
increasing the productivity of freshwater. In order to improve the performance of a solar still …

Novel multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination plant driven by parabolic trough collectors and a solar pond: A simulation study in UAE

A Al-Othman, M Tawalbeh, MEH Assad, T Alkayyali… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a novel solar driven multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination plant in
UAE. UAE achieved major progress in utilizing solar energy for power production. The …

Experimental investigation on Peltier based hybrid PV/T active solar still for enhancing the overall performance

P Pounraj, DP Winston, AE Kabeel, BP Kumar… - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The demand for water and electricity is gradually increasing throughout the years due to the
modern lifestyle of humans to complete their daily activities. To make sustainable water and …

Experimental study of a novel portable solar still by utilizing the heatpipe and thermoelectric module

N Rahbar, JA Esfahani - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, an attempt has been made to design a new type portable thermoelectric solar
still (PTSS). In the PTSS, a thermoelectric module is used to improve the temperature …

Performance analysis of solar stills based on various factors affecting the productivity—a review

V Velmurugan, K Srithar - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Although, more than two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water, shortage of potable water is
a serious issue that many countries suffer from. Furthermore, the worldwide rapid growth of …

Desalination of effluent using fin type solar still

V Velmurugan, CK Deenadayalan, H Vinod, K Srithar - Energy, 2008 - Elsevier
In this work, an attempt is made to produce potable water from industrial effluents. An
ordinary basin type solar still integrated with fins at the basin plate is used for …

An experimental investigation on productivity and performance of a new improved design portable asymmetrical solar still utilizing thermoelectric modules

N Rahbar, JA Esfahani, A Asadi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study is a continuation of the authors' previous investigations on productivity
estimation of portable solar stills utilizing thermoelectric modules (Esfahani et al., 2011; …