[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in renewable energy based-desalination in the Middle East and North Africa MENA region

ET Sayed, AG Olabi, K Elsaid, M Al Radi… - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries are rapidly
growing in population with very limited access to freshwater resources. To overcome this …

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 …

Current progress in integrated solar desalination systems: Prospects from coupling configurations to energy conversion and desalination processes

SM Shalaby, FA Hammad, ME Zayed - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the recent advances in solar-powered water desalination systems are reviewed
in detail. The recently published designs of solar-powered desalination systems such as …

Effects of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (NPCM) on solar still productivity

DDW Rufuss, L Suganthi, S Iniyan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effects of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material
(NPCM) on solar still operation and performance. Technical and economic aspects were …

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 …

An experimental investigation of a v-corrugated absorber single-basin solar still using PCM

SM Shalaby, E El-Bialy, AA El-Sebaii - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new design of a v-corrugated absorber solar still with built-in phase change
material (PCM) is presented. This design allows for the expansion of melting wax through a …

Augmenting the productivity of solar still using multiple PCMs as heat energy storage

VS Vigneswaran, G Kumaresan, BV Dinakar… - Journal of Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, several research studies were conducted to enhance the productivity of
solar stills. One of the approaches was the integration of latent heat energy storage …

Energetic and exergetic performance assessment of the inclusion of phase change materials (PCM) in a solar distillation system

MS Yousef, H Hassan - Energy conversion and management, 2019 - Elsevier
In this experimental work, the energetic and exergetic performance enhancement of solar
distillation system (solar still incorporated with PCM storage unit) is performed by using two …

Solar stills: A comprehensive review of designs, performance and material advances

DDW Rufuss, S Iniyan, L Suganthi… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The demand for fresh water production is growing day by day with the increase in world
population and with industrial growth. Use of desalination technology is increasing to meet …

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 …