A review on PCM and nanofluid for various productivity enhancement methods for double slope solar still: Future challenge and current water issues

A Sangeetha, S Shanmugan, AJ Alrubaie, MM Jaber… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Rising demands for drinking fresh water for industrial and domestic applications are a
growing concern globally. Solar water distillation using solar energy is a practical approach …

[HTML][HTML] Application of advanced energy storage materials in direct solar desalination: a state of art review

F Jamil, F Hassan, S Shoeibi, M Khiadani - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Storage of the thermal energy of solar intensity has a significant effect on the efficiency of
desalination systems at nighttime, when solar intensity is not available. Solar energy …

Water distillation tower: Experimental investigation, economic assessment, and performance prediction using optimized machine-learning model

AH Elsheikh, EMS El-Said, M Abd Elaziz, M Fujii… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Here we present a new compact design of a vertical water distillation tower based on solar
stills. The experimental setup consisted of a vertical tower with five water trays, supported by …

A coupled artificial neural network with artificial rabbits optimizer for predicting water productivity of different designs of solar stills

AO Alsaiari, EB Moustafa, H Alhumade… - … in Engineering Software, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a coupled multi-layer perceptrons (MLP) model with an artificial rabbits
optimizer (ARO) is developed to predict the water productivity of different designs of solar …

Performance evaluation of solar still using energy storage biomaterial with porous surface: An experimental study and environmental analysis

R Dhivagar, S Shoeibi, SM Parsa, S Hoseinzadeh… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of energy storage material can have a significant influence on the water productivity
of solar still. Water productivity by solar energy and without environmental pollution are the …

[HTML][HTML] A new optimized artificial neural network model to predict thermal efficiency and water yield of tubular solar still

EB Moustafa, AH Hammad, AH Elsheikh - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tubular solar still is a simple light-weight desalination unit with a large condensing surface
compared with other types of solar stills. Regrettably, it suffers from the low water yield like …

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 …

An integrated decision-making approach with golden cut and bipolar q-ROFSs to renewable energy storage investments

X Xu, S Yüksel, H Dinçer - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2023 - Springer
A new hybrid fuzzy decision-making model is created in this study to evaluate significant
factors of renewable energy storage investments and select the appropriate energy types …

[HTML][HTML] Performance assessment of a novel solar distiller with a double slope basin covered by coated wick with lanthanum cobalt oxide nanoparticles

EI Ghandourah, A Sangeetha, S Shanmugan… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar distillers are simple desalination systems used to produce freshwater from saline
water by utilizing solar energy. The low water yield is the key drawback of solar distillers. In …

Machine learning-based prediction and augmentation of dish solar distiller performance using an innovative convex stepped absorber and phase change material …

A Bamasag, FA Essa, ZM Omara, E Bahgat… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As well known, the solar distiller is one of the introduced solutions to the freshwater shortage
problem, but it is demerited by the low freshwater output. In this paper, a design modification …