Solar thermal feed preheating techniques integrated with membrane distillation for seawater desalination applications: Recent advances, retrofitting performance …

SA El-Agouz, ME Zayed, AMA Ghazala… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for seawater desalination, integrating
the advantages of both membrane segregation and thermal distillation. High energy …

An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies

AS Bello, N Zouari, DA Da'ana, JN Hahladakis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in
managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date …

Membrane distillation: recent configurations, membrane surface engineering, and applications

S Parani, OS Oluwafemi - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Membrane distillation (MD) is a develo** membrane separation technology for water
treatment that involves a vapor transport driven by the vapor pressure gradient across the …

Salt gradient solar pond as a thermal energy storage system: A review from current gaps to future prospects

Y Rghif, D Colarossi, P Principi - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A Salt Gradient Solar Pond (SGSP) is an artificial pond or natural lake, able to
collect and store the incident solar energy, characterizing by a specific vertical gradient of …

Novel achievements in the development of solar ponds: A review

A Kasaeian, S Sharifi, WM Yan - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The concern about energy has become a severe issue in the world. The potential of using
solar energy for providing the majority energy needs of human beings has caused …

Osmotic desalination by solar energy: A critical review

A Kasaeian, F Rajaee, WM Yan - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This review deals with the membrane desalination techniques, reverse and forward
osmosis, run by solar energy. Photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors are favorable …

A novel electrospun, hydrophobic, and elastomeric styrene-butadiene-styrene membrane for membrane distillation applications

HC Duong, D Chuai, YC Woo, HK Shon… - Journal of Membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel hydrophobic, microporous membrane was fabricated from styrene-
butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer using electrospinning and evaluated for membrane …

Technological advancements in water heating approaches for membrane distillation desalination process: From bulk to localized heating

MU Farid, JA Kharraz, S Sharma, RJ Khan… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Feedwater heating represents a pivotal and energy-intensive step in membrane distillation
(MD), contributing significantly to the total energy costs. Thus, elevating the thermal …

Feasibility investigation of a humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination system with thermoelectric generator operated by a salinity-gradient solar pond

H Rostamzadeh, AS Namin, P Nourani, M Amidpour… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Water distillation via solar energy is investigated potentially as an appreciable topic across
the globe in recent decades. While many high-efficient solar collectors are developed for this …

Soret and Dufour effects on thermosolutal convection developed in a salt gradient solar pond

Y Rghif, B Zeghmati, F Bahraoui - International Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A numerical investigation of Soret and Dufour effects on heat and mass transfer in a Salt
Gradient Solar Pond (SGSP) and its storage efficiency under meteorological conditions of …