A thermodynamic review on solar stills

A Saxena, E Cuce, AE Kabeel, M Abdelgaied, V Goel - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The supply and quality of water is still a problem in undeveloped or developing nations.
Researchers from different countries have developed various distillation or desalination …

A review on evaporation improvement of solar still desalination using porous material

S Shoeibi, M Saemian, H Kargarsharifabad… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, many studies have focused on desalination systems using solar energy sources
due to low energy costs, the feasibility of usage in most weathers and no use of fossil fuels …

Utilizing a single slope solar still with copper heating coil, external condenser, phase change material, along with internal and external reflectors—experimental study

AS Abdullah, WH Alawee, SA Mohammed… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing growth of industrialization and population has led to a global shortage of
drinkable water, which has compelled scientists to find another approach for supplying this …

Enhancing the wick solar still performance using half barrel and corrugated absorbers

MM Younes, AS Abdullah, FA Essa, ZM Omara… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of tilted wick solar stills including new absorber configurations have been
investigated. Four solar stills are built, the first one is flat wick solar still (FWSS), the second …

Improving the performance of pyramid solar still using rotating four cylinders and three electric heaters

WH Alawee, SA Mohammed, HA Dhahad… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The world suffers from the potable water shortage problem. Solar still is a simple device
used to convert the brackish water into a drinkable water. We proposed a new modification …

Performance evaluation of a modified pyramid solar still employing wick, reflectors, glass cooling and TiO2 nanomaterial

SW Sharshir, MA Rozza, M Elsharkawy, MM Youns… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work pyramid-shaped two solar still units were tested experimentally, one of them is a
traditional unit and the other is a modified pyramid solar still unit with wick material …

Enhancement of pyramid solar distiller performance using reflectors, cooling cycle, and dangled cords of wicks

FA Essa, WH Alawee, SA Mohammed, AS Abdullah… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
A new working mechanism of the wick in the pyramid solar distiller was proposed. The cords
wick pyramid solar still (CWPSS) had a parallel upper basin liner with a number of cracks …

Testing a single slope solar still with copper heating coil, external condenser, and phase change material

WH Alawee, AS Abdullah, SA Mohammed… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
A worldwide shortage of drinkable water has resulted from the rapid rise of industrialization
and population, which has prompted researchers to find an alternative method to meet this …

[HTML][HTML] Methods used to improve solar still performance with generated turbulence for water desalination-detailed review

AS Abdullah, H Panchal, WH Alawee, ZM Omara - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In everyday living, the need for fresh water is crucial. The most pressing problem in
developing nations is the ongoing lack of access to clean water. In many ways, the solar still …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and optimization of working conditions of pyramid solar still with different nanoparticles using response surface methodology

WM Farouk, AS Abdullah, SA Mohammed… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work introduces formulating a mathematical modeling to predict the thermal
performance of pyramid solar distiller (PSD) using the technique of response surface …