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 …

Phase change materials integrated solar desalination system: An innovative approach for sustainable and clean water production and storage

R Kumar, AK Pandey, M Samykano, B Aljafari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The demand for fresh water in today's world is rising continually due to the increase in
population and rise in industrial developments. Solar Desalination is one of the sustainable …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation and performance analysis of solar still with energy storage materials: An energy-exergy efficiency analysis

D Mevada, H Panchal, M Ahmadein, ME Zayed… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Researchers have attempted different Energy storage materials (ESM) in solar stills (SS) to
improve distillate yield. In this experimental work, an attempt was made to increase the …

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 …

Experimental study on the performance of trays solar still with cracks and reflectors

FA Essa, AS Abdullah, ZM Omara, AE Kabeel… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current research, we introduced a new concept of free water dripping on the basin
water using cracks in the suspended trays of the trays solar still to break the boundary layers …

Experimental assessment of new designed stepped solar still with Fe3O4+ graphene oxide+ paraffin as nanofluid under constant magnetic field

SSA Toosi, HR Goshayeshi, I Zahmatkesh… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Access to fresh water is one of the most vital needs of human society. The use of solar
energy as free and available energy in solar desalination can meet this important need. A …

A novel solar desalination system integrating inclined and tubular solar still with parabolic concentrator

MMZ Ahmed, F Alshammari, I Alatawi, M Alhadri… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, solar energy has great attention and attracts many researchers for cleaner
production applications including direct solar energy utilization for water desalination. The …

Sustainability issues of solar desalination hybrid systems integrated with heat exchangers for the production of drinking water: a review

D Singh, D Singh, V Mishra, J Kushwaha, R Dev… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainability of human life is dependent on drinking water. The availability of fresh water is
a global concern today because more than 97.5% of the water is saline water. Present data …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of heat exchanger in solar desalination: current issues and future challenges

AH Elsheikh, HN Panchal, S Sengottain, NA Alsaleh… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solar desalination is a process to convert saline water into potable water by the application
of solar energy. The enhancement of the distillate output of the solar desalination is low, so it …