Review of cooling techniques used to enhance the efficiency of photovoltaic power systems

M Sharaf, MS Yousef, AS Huzayyin - Environmental science and pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Photovoltaic (PV) panels are one of the most important solar energy sources used to convert
the sun's radiation falling on them into electrical power directly. Many factors affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Application of advanced energy storage materials in direct solar desalination: a state of art review

F Jamil, F Hassan, S Shoeibi, M Khiadani - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Storage of the thermal energy of solar intensity has a significant effect on the efficiency of
desalination systems at nighttime, when solar intensity is not available. Solar energy …

Improving solar still performance with heat pipe/pulsating heat pipe evacuated tube solar collectors and PCM: An experimental and environmental analysis

A Hemmatian, H Kargarsharifabad, AA Esfahlani… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study comparatively assesses the efficiency of various single-slope solar stills
employing thermosyphon and pulsating heat pipe evacuated solar collectors, integrated with …

Exergy, exergo-economic, environmental and sustainability analysis of pyramid solar still integrated hybrid nano-PCM, black sand, and sponge

UA Anika, MG Kibria, SD Kanka, MS Mohtasim… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A sustainable and cost-effective technique for desalinating water with solar energy to
alleviate the freshwater scarcity is the solar still. In this study, four different cases including …

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 …

Performance evaluation of a CGS gas heater-powered HDH desalination system using thermosyphon heat pipes: an experimental study with economic and …

B Khalili, H Kargarsharifabad, N Rahbar… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
City gate stations (CGSs) gas heaters require purified water, but the distilled water level
inside the heater gradually decreases over time. Refilling the heater with fresh water is …

Energy-matrices, exergy, economic, environmental, exergoeconomic, enviroeconomic, and heat transfer (6E/HT) analysis of two passive/active solar still water …

SM Parsa, A Rahbar, D Javadi, MH Koleini… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In spite of numerous valuable researches for evaluating the effect of different parameters for
analyzing exergy/environmental/economic/energy-matrices/heat transfer of solar stills; the …

A renewable energy-driven thermoelectric-utilized solar still with external condenser loaded by silver/nanofluid for simultaneously water disinfection and desalination

SM Parsa, A Rahbar, MH Koleini, S Aberoumand… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study examined the performance of different modifications of identical solar stills
(SSs) with heating/cooling and nanofluid. The first system is SS with thermoelectric heating …

Energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic (4E) evaluation of a new integration of solar still with photovoltaic panel

AR Abd Elbar, MS Yousef, H Hassan - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental (4E) assessment of
new integration of solar still with photovoltaic module (PV) is performed. This new integration …

Do we need a new sustainability assessment method for the circular economy? A critical literature review

J Walzberg, G Lonca, RJ Hanes, AL Eberle… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The goal of the circular economy (CE) is to transition from today's take-make-waste linear
pattern of production and consumption to a circular system in which the societal value of …