Structure architecting for salt‐rejecting solar interfacial desalination to achieve high‐performance evaporation with in situ energy generation

Y Zhang, T **ong, DK Nandakumar… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past few years have witnessed a rapid development of solar‐driven interfacial
evaporation, a promising technology for low‐cost water desalination. As of today, solar‐to …

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 …

Forest-like laser-induced graphene film with ultrahigh solar energy utilization efficiency

Y Peng, W Zhao, F Ni, W Yu, X Liu - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
To achieve high solar energy utilization efficiency, photothermal materials with broadband
absorption of sunlight and high conversion efficiency are becoming a fast-growing research …

A comprehensive review on performance improvement of solar desalination with applications of heat pipes

S Shoeibi, SAA Mirjalily, H Kargarsharifabad… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar desalination is one of the crucial methods to convert brackish water to freshwater. The
major issue of solar desalination is the low water production rate, and for this reason …

Key pathways for efficient solar thermal desalination

J Huang, H Zheng, H Kong - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Along with the decline of fresh water resources, desalination has grown in an increasingly
significant technology. The utilization of sustainable energy sources, especially solar …

Enhancing the wick solar still performance using half barrel and corrugated absorbers

MM Younes, AS Abdullah, FA Essa, ZM Omara… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of tilted wick solar stills including new absorber configurations have been
investigated. Four solar stills are built, the first one is flat wick solar still (FWSS), the second …

Performance enhancement of pyramid-shaped solar stills using hollow circular fins and phase change materials

AE Kabeel, WM El-Maghlany, M Abdelgaied… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The pyramid solar still has bulky condensing and receiving surface area in compared to the
conventional single slope solar still. The present study concerns experimentally with the …

A comprehensive 4E (energy, exergy, economic, environmental) analysis of novel pyramid solar still coupled with pulsating heat pipe: An experimental study

N Pandey, Y Naresh - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Remote regions and poor communities often suffer the most from the shortage of fresh water.
Providing a sustainable supply of fresh water and improving the quality of life for millions of …

Energy, exergy, economic, environmental analysis for solar still using partially coated condensing cover with thermoelectric cover cooling

NM Shatar, MFM Sabri, MFM Salleh, MH Ani - Journal of cleaner production, 2023 - Elsevier
The declining freshwater resources can be overcome using thermal desalination methods
such as solar still. However, the productivity of a solar still is highly dependent on the …

A comprehensive review of direct solar desalination techniques and its advancements

VK Chauhan, SK Shukla, JV Tirkey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Demand of fresh water is rising continuously because of increase in population. This has
created an undue burden on limited reserves of fresh water. Desalination is one of the …