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 …

There is an urgent need for the development of new water resources in order to solve the
problem of the world's growing demand for clean water. Membrane distillation (MD) is a …

Water and energy are critical components for human, and govern the growth and progress of
societies. Desalination is an important process to meet ever-increasing water demand …

Membrane distillation (MD) is considered a promising technology that is expected to
compete with reverse osmosis (RO) for water desalination. The superiority of MD is mainly …

Membrane distillation as a means of seawater desalination using solar energy has the
potential to help address the challenges associated with the water-energy nexus and reduce …

The renewable-energy-based water-energy nexus is a promising approach that contributes
to climate change mitigation. Increasing concerns on GHG emission and energy demand …

An experimental characterization of the performance of two multi-channel spiral-wound air-
gap membrane distillation modules at commercial-scale was carried out for seawater …

The evaluation of a novel solar seawater desalination system implemented at the University
of Almeria (Spain) is presented. It integrates a solar thermal field based on static collectors …

This work aims to propose a more robust and realistic dynamic optimization (DO) approach
to maximize the profit of distilled water production in a multi-effect desalination (MED) plant …

Solar-driven membrane distillation (SMD) with local heating of photothermal membranes
has shown great potential in the field of seawater desalination due to its low energy …