Passive, high-efficiency thermally-localized solar desalination

L Zhang, Z Xu, L Zhao, B Bhatia, Y Zhong… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar desalination holds significant promise for the water-energy nexus. Recent advances in
passive solar desalination using thermal localization show great potential for high-efficiency …

Progress and performance of multi-stage solar still–A review

G Peng, SW Sharshir - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar desalination provides a clean and economical way for freshwater supply, thus
becoming more and more promising. In this work, the research progress of multi-stage solar …

Low-cost bilayered structure for improving the performance of solar stills: Performance/cost analysis and water yield prediction using machine learning

AH Elsheikh, S Shanmugan, R Sathyamurthy… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aims to enhance the performance of conventional solar still (CSS) using a low
cost heat localization bilayered structure (HLBS). The HLBS consists of a bottom supporting …

Augmentation and evaluation of solar still performance: a comprehensive review

A Elsheikh, KA Hammoodi, AMM Ibrahim, AHI Mourad… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar desalination is an eco-friendly technique for freshwater supply in arid regions, thus
becoming more and more promising. Solar desalination could fulfill the requirements of the …

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 …

Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water path

X Li, W Xu, M Tang, L Zhou, B Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Because it is able to produce desalinated water directly using solar energy with minimum
carbon footprint, solar steam generation and desalination is considered one of the most …

A review of solar energy driven desalination technologies

H Sharon, KS Reddy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Water plays an important role in all our day to day activities and its consumption is
increasing day by day because of increased living standards of mankind. Some regions of …

Wall-suspended trays inside stepped distiller with Al2O3/paraffin wax mixture and vapor suction: experimental implementation

FA Essa, ZM Omara, AS Abdullah, S Shanmugan… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, we conducted some modifications in the design and operation of
stepped distiller to improve its performance. The stepped distiller was modified by installing …

Enhancement of modified solar still integrated with external condenser using nanofluids: an experimental approach

AE Kabeel, ZM Omara, FA Essa - Energy conversion and management, 2014 - Elsevier
The distilled water productivity of the single basin solar still is very limited. In this context, the
design modification of a single basin solar still has been investigated to improve the solar …

A review of techniques for simultaneous enhancement of evaporation and condensation rates in solar stills

S Shoeibi, N Rahbar, AA Esfahlani… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the recent years, a great deal of research has been conducted on various parameters
of solar stills owing to their low cost of water production rate and feasibility of use in the most …