Renewable energy systems for water desalination applications: A comprehensive review

SM Alawad, RB Mansour, FA Al-Sulaiman… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources are expected to provide viable alternative solutions for water
desalination to address the issues of high-energy consumption and negative environmental …

Reverse osmosis desalination systems powered by solar energy: Preheating techniques and brine disposal challenges–A detailed review

SM Shalaby, SW Sharshir, AE Kabeel… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, reverse osmosis desalination systems are widely utilized as they have the
cheapest freshwater production cost. On the contrary, reverse osmosis systems have high …

Current progress in integrated solar desalination systems: Prospects from coupling configurations to energy conversion and desalination processes

SM Shalaby, FA Hammad, ME Zayed - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the recent advances in solar-powered water desalination systems are reviewed
in detail. The recently published designs of solar-powered desalination systems such as …

Thermo-economic performance improvement of hemispherical solar still using wick material with V-corrugated basin and two different energy storage materials

SW Sharshir, MA Omara, G Elsisi, A Joseph… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar still is a developing solar desalination method that has been introduced to face the
shortage of freshwater with low energy consumption. However, this method is challenged by …

Performance enhancement of tubular solar still using nano-enhanced energy storage material integrated with v-corrugated aluminum basin, wick, and nanofluid

GB Abdelaziz, AM Algazzar, EMS El-Said… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, five alternative combinations were applied on and under the still basin to enhance
tubular solar still performance. Firstly, using a v-corrugated aluminum basin. Secondly …

New hydrogel materials for improving solar water evaporation, desalination and wastewater treatment: a review

SW Sharshir, AM Algazzar, KA Elmaadawy… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Ongoing to the modern societies and global economic developments, the water is
recognized as one of the main concerns of humankind, particularly with the continuous …

Improved thermo-economic performance of solar desalination via copper chips, nanofluid, and nano-based phase change material

AW Kandeal, NM El-Shafai, MR Abdo, AK Thakur… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the performance of a modified double slope still (MDSSS) was evaluated
compared to conventional single slope one (CSS). The modifications depended on different …

Augmented performance of tubular solar still integrated with cost-effective nano-based mushrooms

SW Sharshir, MA Hamada, AW Kandeal, EMS El-Said… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The current work aimed to enlarge freshwater production and improve tubular solar still
(TSS) performance via pure and nano-coated (with carbon black nanoparticles) mushrooms …

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 …

Performance enhancement of a tubular solar still by using stepped basins: An experimental approach

MS El-Sebaey, A Hegazy, FA Essa - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation was conducted on a novel design of a stepped basin tubular
solar still (SBTSS) and a tubular solar still (TSS) under different water depths/equivalent …