The potential of solar-driven humidification–dehumidification desalination for small-scale decentralized water production

GP Narayan, MH Sharqawy, EK Summers… - … and sustainable energy …, 2010 - Elsevier
World-wide water scarcity, especially in the develo** world, indicates a pressing need to
develop inexpensive, decentralized small-scale desalination technologies which use …

Critical evaluation of additively manufactured metal lattices for viability in advanced heat exchangers

I Kaur, P Singh - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
The advantages offered by the stochastic metal foams when used in high-performance
compact heat exchangers is evident in the open literature. Recently, there has been a surge …

Experimental and numerical investigations of a single and double pass porous serpentine wavy wiremesh packed bed solar air heater

S Singh - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This research work presents the thermal performance investigation of a porous serpentine
wavy wiremesh packed bed solar air heater, experimentally and numerically. Experimental …

A review on the applications of porous materials in solar energy systems

S Rashidi, JA Esfahani, A Rashidi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
According to energy policies, it is necessary to replace electrical energy or fossil fuels by
renewable energy sources. Solar energy systems are recognized as one of these sources …

Experimental performance of single and double pass solar air heater with fins and steel wire mesh as absorber

AP Omojaro, LBY Aldabbagh - Applied energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Thermal performance of a single and double pass solar air heater with fins attached and
using a steel wire mesh as absorber plate was investigated experimentally. The effects of air …
S Singh, SK Chaurasiya, BS Negi, S Chander… - Renewable energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, the thermal performance of im**ing jet double pass solar air heater is
investigated experimentally. A corrugated wavy plate consists of circular holes, each of 7.66 …

A review of solar air collectors about various modifications for performance enhancement

C Mund, SK Rathore, RK Sahoo - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The depletion of fossil fuel and their impact on the environment due to continual usage for
our ever-increasing power needs has forced us to look pro-actively towards other renewable …

On the different packing materials of humidification–dehumidification thermal desalination techniques–A review

FA Essa, AS Abdullah, ZM Omara, AE Kabeel… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable resources of water and energy are the most interesting topics all over the world.
They affect strongly the economic health of any society. Because the freshwater is a problem …

Performance evaluation of a humidification–dehumidification unit integrated with wick solar stills under different operating conditions

AS Abdullah, FA Essa, ZM Omara, MA Bek - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
A comprehensive hybrid distillation system of humidification and dehumidification (HDH)
unit incorporated by six wick solar stills was designed, fabricated, combined, and …

Numerical investigation on heat transfer enhancement of solar air heater using sinusoidal corrugations on absorber plate

MS Manjunath, KV Karanth, NY Sharma - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the effect of sinusoidal profiled absorber plate on augmented heat
transfer and corresponding thermo-hydraulic performance of solar air heater using three …