[HTML][HTML] Small scale desalination technologies: A comprehensive review

H Kariman, A Shafieian, M Khiadani - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, problems related to fresh water has become a very important issue for
humans. Small-scale desalination (SSD) systems, besides large-scale desalination (LSD) …

Renewable energy integrated desalination: A sustainable solution to overcome future fresh-water scarcity in India

S Manju, N Sagar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas have been used as the major sources
of energy in the recent past. However, the negative environmental impacts associated with …

Enhancing the solar still performance using nanofluids and glass cover cooling: experimental study

SW Sharshir, G Peng, L Wu, N Yang, FA Essa… - Applied thermal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of graphite and copper oxide micro-flakes with different concentrations, different
basin water depths, and different film cooling flow rates is experimentally investigated in an …

The effects of flake graphite nanoparticles, phase change material, and film cooling on the solar still performance

SW Sharshir, G Peng, L Wu, FA Essa, AE Kabeel… - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar still is a cheap and convenient device for producing freshwater, but it's not popular due
to its low productivity. In this paper, we modified the conventional solar still. The outdoor …

Pyramid solar still: a comprehensive review

KH Nayi, KV Modi - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Adequate quality and reliability of drinking water is vital for all inhabitants and for agriculture
and industrial applications. Solar desalination is impactful method for getting potable water …

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 …

An extensive review of performance enhancement techniques for pyramid solar still for solar thermal applications

G Angappan, S Pandiaraj, H Panchal, T Kathiresan… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the rapid increase on world population, the demand for potable water is also getting
increased. The solar distillation process is one among the prominent options, for those …

Single basin solar still with fin for enhancing productivity

V Velmurugan, M Gopalakrishnan, R Raghu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Distilled water productivity of the single basin solar still is very low. In this work, to augment
evaporation of the still basin water, fins were integrated at the basin of the still. Thus …

Factors affecting basin type solar still productivity: A detailed review

AF Muftah, MA Alghoul, A Fudholi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Reasonable amounts of fresh water can be produced via inexpensive and sturdy solar stills
in places that are exposed to solar radiation and have a brackish water. This work intends to …

Experimental investigation of corrugated absorber solar still with wick and reflectors

ZM Omara, AE Kabeel, AS Abdullah, FA Essa - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
The performance parameters of the corrugated solar still (CrSS) and conventional solar still
(CSS) are investigated experimentally from another point of view. The authors' view …