A review on carbonized natural green flora for solar desalination

T Arunkumar, HW Lim, D Denkenberger… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Solar desalination is one of the green energy processes to treat saline water and
wastewater. Solar evaporation systems, formally solar stills, have been widely used to …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of convex tubular solar still performance using wick and nanocomposites

FA Essa, WH Alawee, SA Mohammed… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In this work, the performance of tubular solar still (TSS) was aimed to be improved
experimentally. Increasing the surface area inside the solar still is a main parameter of its …

Low-cost bilayered structure for improving the performance of solar stills: Performance/cost analysis and water yield prediction using machine learning

AH Elsheikh, S Shanmugan, R Sathyamurthy… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper aims to enhance the performance of conventional solar still (CSS) using a low
cost heat localization bilayered structure (HLBS). The HLBS consists of a bottom supporting …

Performance prediction of aluminum and polycarbonate solar stills with air cavity using an optimized neural network model by golden jackal optimizer

E Ghandourah, YS Prasanna, AH Elsheikh… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Solar stills (SS) are simple eco-friendly desalination devices that exploit solar energy to
obtain freshwater from seawater. In this study, a hybrid artificial intelligence model is …

Factors affecting the performance of a solar still and productivity enhancement methods: a review

M Bhargva, A Yadav - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021‏ - Springer
Good-quality drinking water is an essential requirement for a healthy and sustainable future.
In the current scenario, people living in remote areas of the world are deficient of potable …

Revealing prediction of perched cum off-centered wick solar still performance using network based on optimizer algorithm

S Pavithra, T Veeramani, SS Subha, PJS Kumar… - Process Safety and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
A sincere effort has been made to engineer a perched cum off-centered wick solar still
(PCWSS) in the present work. The daily average efficiency with hourly prediction distillate …

Improving solar still performance: A comparative analysis of conventional and honeycomb pad augmented solar stills

R Kumar, DR Mishra, P Dumka - Solar Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Numerous elements impact the performance of the conventional solar still, and among these
surface area of water in the basin of the still is one such factor. The purpose of this research …

Development of paraffin wax & used cooking oil based composite thermal energy storage for efficient potable water generation in a solar distillation unit

SK Suraparaju, A Sampathkumar… - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to develop a novel composite thermal energy storage system
(CTESS) using blends of used cooking oil (UCO) and paraffin wax (PW) and experimentally …

[HTML][HTML] A case study on single basin solar still augmented with wax filled metallic cylinders

P Dumka, K Gajula, K Sharma, DR Mishra… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This experimental study introduces a novel approach to enhancing solar still performance
through the integration of wax-filled rods, marking a significant advancement in solar …

Experimental analysis on single slope solar still by the inclusion of Agar-Agar (Eucheuma) Fibre and micro Phase Change Material for the productivity enhancement

A Sampathkumar, SK Natarajan - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The freshwater ecosystem connects humans with resources for a healthy life. One of the
most typical problems confronted by living beings is the scarcity of fresh water. The clean …