Desalination in the GCC countries-a review

B Moossa, P Trivedi, H Saleem, SJ Zaidi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are located in one of the most arid
regions in the world with very less freshwater resources, and hence depending on …

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 …

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 …

Improved thermo-economic performance of solar desalination via copper chips, nanofluid, and nano-based phase change material

AW Kandeal, NM El-Shafai, MR Abdo, AK Thakur… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the performance of a modified double slope still (MDSSS) was evaluated
compared to conventional single slope one (CSS). The modifications depended on different …

Augmented performance of tubular solar still integrated with cost-effective nano-based mushrooms

SW Sharshir, MA Hamada, AW Kandeal, EMS El-Said… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The current work aimed to enlarge freshwater production and improve tubular solar still
(TSS) performance via pure and nano-coated (with carbon black nanoparticles) mushrooms …

[HTML][HTML] Application of machine learning modeling in prediction of solar still performance: A comprehensive survey

AS Abdullah, A Joseph, AW Kandeal, WH Alawee… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Being a cheap, simple, and low-energy consumer, solar stills have been introduced by water
and energy scientists as an alternative desalination method to fossil fuel-based ones. A wide …

Improving the performance of tubular solar still integrated with drilled carbonized wood and carbon black thin film evaporation

SW Sharshir, AW Kandeal, YM Ellakany, I Maher… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presented the enhanced thermo-exergoenviroeconomic performance of tubular
solar still (TSS) by integrating an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and available material …

[HTML][HTML] Performance improvement of solar distiller using hang wick, reflectors and phase change materials enriched with nano-additives

WS AbuShanab, AH Elsheikh, EI Ghandourah… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of using nano-based thermal storage material filled into trapezoidal hang wick in a
pyramid solar distiller is under study. The study underwent three stages of examination; after …

A new trapezoidal pyramid solar still design with multi thermal enhancers

SW Sharshir, MA Rozza, A Joseph, AW Kandeal… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, many efforts have been conducted to augment the solar desalination systems'
performance, especially solar stills, as a participation in solving the water shortage and …

Energy, exergy, and economic analysis of tubular solar air heater with porous material: an experimental study

S Abo-Elfadl, MS Yousef, MF El-Dosoky… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of solar air heater of having a new design tubular absorber of adjacent
parallel tubes called tubular is investigated experimentally via energy, exergy, energy …