Progress in interfacial solar steam generation using low-dimensional and biomass-derived materials

MNAS Ivan, S Saha, AM Saleque, S Ahmed, AK Thakur… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The pressing concern of escalating water scarcity has spurred the creation of advanced
technologies, such as interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), to tackle the challenge …

Energy for desalination: A state-of-the-art review

H Nassrullah, SF Anis, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The utilization of seawater for drinking purposes is limited by the high specific energy
consumption (SEC)(kW-h/m 3) of present desalination technologies; both thermal and …

Solar powered desalination–Technology, energy and future outlook

FE Ahmed, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Growing water demands have led to rapidly increasing desalination installation capacity
worldwide. In an attempt to lower carbon footprint resulting from high-energy consuming …

Pathways and challenges for efficient solar-thermal desalination

Z Wang, T Horseman, AP Straub, NY Yip, D Li… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Solar-thermal desalination (STD) is a potentially low-cost, sustainable approach for
providing high-quality fresh water in the absence of water and energy infrastructures …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A high-performing single-stage invert-structured solar water purifier through enhanced absorption and condensation

F Wang, N Xu, W Zhao, L Zhou, P Zhu, X Wang, B Zhu… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Interfacial solar vapor generation is an emerging technology for producing purified water
with a minimized carbon footprint. While the evaporation rate has been significantly …

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 develo** 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 …

Solar desalination using solar still enhanced by external solar collector and PCM

M Al-harahsheh, M Abu-Arabi, H Mousa… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, an experimental study on water desalination using a solar still having phase
change material (PCM) and connected to a solar collector was carried out. The PCM is used …

Solar passive distiller with high productivity and Marangoni effect-driven salt rejection

M Morciano, M Fasano, SV Boriskina… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene in remote locations, develo** countries,
and disaster zones fuel the growing demand for efficient small-scale desalination …