Effect of various factors and diverse approaches to enhance the performance of solar stills: a comprehensive review

LD Jathar, S Ganesan, K Shahapurkar… - Journal of Thermal …, 2022 - Springer
The need for fresh drinking water is increasing rapidly, and drinking water availability
reduces day by day. Solar desalination is a viable option to change saltwater to fresh …

Concentrating solar collectors in absorption and adsorption cooling cycles: An overview

AS Alsagri, AA Alrobaian, SA Almohaimeed - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Considering the operating temperatures, there is a reasonable match between solar
concentrating collectors and some thermal-powered cooling technologies. Both current and …

A geothermal and solar-based multigeneration system integrated with a TEG unit: Development, 3E analyses, and multi-objective optimization

A Mahmoudan, F Esmaeilion, S Hoseinzadeh… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid renewable-energy-based system for generating multiple commodities is
investigated in this study. The heat gained from geothermal and solar energy sources is …

Optimal sizing and location based on economic parameters for an off-grid application of a hybrid system with photovoltaic, battery and diesel technology

W Cai, X Li, A Maleki, F Pourfayaz, MA Rosen… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•An efficient strategy for optimal sizing and location is presented for a hybrid
energy system.•A stand-alone photovoltaic-battery-diesel scheme for a rural area is …

Desalinated water and hydrogen generation from seawater via a desalination unit and a low temperature electrolysis using a novel solar-based setup

M Delpisheh, MA Haghghi, H Athari… - international journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the proficiency of employing solar energy in a novel setup geared
towards simultaneous production of desalinated water and hydrogen wielding parabolic …

Exergoeconomic and optimization study of a solar and wind-driven plant employing machine learning approaches; a case study of Las Vegas city

H Shakibi, E Assareh, A Chitsaz, S Keykhah… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
High reliance on conventional fuels and existing freshwater resources is unviable in the long
run. A multi-generation system primed with a parabolic trough solar collector and a wind …

Comparing various machine learning approaches in modeling the dynamic viscosity of CuO/water nanofluid

MH Ahmadi, B Mohseni-Gharyehsafa… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
Nanofluids are broadly employed in heat transfer mediums to enhance their efficiency and
heat transfer capacity. Thermophysical properties of nanofluids play a crucial role in their …

Thermal conductivity prediction of nanofluids containing CuO nanoparticles by using correlation and artificial neural network

A Komeilibirjandi, AH Raffiee, A Maleki… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
Nanofluids are employed in different thermal devices due to their enhanced thermophysical
features which lead to noticeable heat transfer augmentation. One of the major reasons of …

Modeling of cetane number of biodiesel from fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) information using GA-, PSO-, and HGAPSO-LSSVM models

A Bemani, Q Xiong, A Baghban, S Habibzadeh… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the major properties of biodiesel fuels is cetane number (CN) which expresses the
ignition characteristics and quality of motor power. The main idea of this work was proposing …

Experimental study of activated carbon as a porous absorber in solar desalination with environmental, exergy, and economic analysis

GB Abdelaziz, EMS El-Said, AG Bedair… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, an experimental investigation is carried out to assess solar still (SS)
performance with a porous absorber made from activated carbon tubes (RACT) with four …