The last decade has seen a worldwide increase in the use of alternative energy sources,
especially renewable energy (RE), including its application in desalination. In the past many …

This paper provides an updated literature review about greenhouse systems and helps to
identify the most preferable characteristics of a greenhouse for diverse climates and …

Desalination capacity has rapidly increased in the last decade because of the increase in
water demand and a significant reduction in desalination cost as a result of significant …

Despite the tremendous improvements in conventional desalination technologies, its wide
use is still limited due primarily to high energy requirements which are currently met with …

Abstract Globally, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) desalinates the largest capacity of
seawater but through energy-intensive thermal processes such as multi-stage flash (MSF) …

Highlights•Performance of seawater greenhouse (SWGH) system is studied.•SWGH units is
modeled using different artificial intelligence-based models.•Power consumption and water …

Throughout the world, desalination is intensively used as a means to reduce current or
future water scarcity, especially for the coastal areas. However, the dramatic increase in …

The paper provides a critical overview of water desalination using geothermal resources.
Specific case studies are presented, as well as an assessment of environmental risks and …

A small-scale solar-hot-spring-geothermal brackish water membrane distillation (MD)
system is proposed by combining hot-spring and solar components to reduce fossil energy …

The aim of this paper was to outline a proposed a new brackish water greenhouse
desalination unit powered by geothermal energy for the development of arid and relatively …