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 …

Reverse osmosis hybridization with other desalination techniques: An overview and opportunities

K Harby, M Emad, M Benghanem, TZ Abolibda… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Several countries face water scarcity problems, so they utilize water desalination. Reverse
osmosis (RO) is the most popular desalination process, but it consumes high-grade energy …

[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 …

Thermo-economic performance improvement of hemispherical solar still using wick material with V-corrugated basin and two different energy storage materials

SW Sharshir, MA Omara, G Elsisi, A Joseph… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar still is a developing solar desalination method that has been introduced to face the
shortage of freshwater with low energy consumption. However, this method is challenged by …

Thermoenviroeconomic performance augmentation of solar desalination unit integrated with wick, nanofluid, and different nano-based energy storage materials

SW Sharshir, MA Omara, A Joseph, AW Kandeal… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The current paper introduces conducted efforts to augment the thermo-enviroeconomic
characteristics of a hemispherical solar still (HSS) incorporating various improvements …

Performance enhancement of tubular solar still using nano-enhanced energy storage material integrated with v-corrugated aluminum basin, wick, and nanofluid

GB Abdelaziz, AM Algazzar, EMS El-Said… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, five alternative combinations were applied on and under the still basin to enhance
tubular solar still performance. Firstly, using a v-corrugated aluminum basin. Secondly …

Energy, exergy, and economic analyses of a modified hemispherical solar distiller augmented with convex absorber basin, wicks, and PCM

MEH Attia, ME Zayed, AE Kabeel, AS Abdullah… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
An innovative designed convex basin is utilized instead of the flat absorber basin to
maximize the exposure and vaporization surface areas. Moreover, a jute cloth layer is used …

Improving the freshwater productivity of hemispherical solar distillers using waste aluminum as store materials

A Beggas, M Abdelgaied, MEH Attia, AS Abdulla… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large amounts of aluminum waste are present in factories and workshops that produce
aluminum. And the latter is constantly seeking the most efficient means of getting rid of them …

Innovative design of a dome-shaped solar distiller enhanced with a multi-tray conical absorber basin and fountain feeding supply: Experimental study with energy …

FA Hammad, SM Shalaby, ME Zayed - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Augmentation of the condensation cover area of the distiller by using a newly dome-shaped
solar distiller could be a low-cost and effective approach for maximization of the distillate …

[HTML][HTML] An experimental comparison study between four different designs of solar stills

HM Hussen, MM Younes, WH Alawee… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this experimental work, four different solar stills (SSs) have been tested. The SS systems
are conventional SS (CSS), Double Slope SS (DSSS), Pyramid SS (PSS) and Tubular SS …