Solar concentrating power is one of the most promising ways of producing clean electricity
by utilizing the incident solar irradiation on the earth. Linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) is one of …

Desalination is an energy intensive process requiring adequate pre-and post-treatment. The
novelty of this paper is that it jointly reviews the technologies for pre-treatment, desalination …

Solar-thermal desalination technologies could provide a sustainable path toward achieving
high-volume (millions of gallons per day) desalted water in remote and inland regions. Yet …

In recent decades, desalination has gained widespread recognition as a viable and reliable
source of non-conventional fresh water. Desalination is the most expensive and energy …

This paper brings together the benefits of a membrane-thermal desalination plant with an
integrated system containing parabolic trough collectors and wind turbines in collaboration …

Seawater desalination supplies 97 million m 3 of freshwater daily to more than 300 million
people worldwide. The global desalination market is dominated by two technologies …

Evaporative desalination systems, such as Multi-Effect Desalination (MED) and Mechanical
Vapor Recompression (MVR), play important roles in addressing this challenge. Although …

Desalination market is experiencing continuous growth due to severe water scarcity in many
parts of the globe. Because of the geographical coincidence of serious water scarcity and …

Thermal desalination is yet a reliable technology in the treatment of brackish water and
seawater; however, its demanding high energy requirements have lagged it compared to …

Recently, the use of solar thermal collectors has increased significantly. In the present work,
energy, exergy, enviroeconomic and exergoeconomic analyses of various solar thermal …