A comprehensive review on performance improvement of solar desalination with applications of heat pipes

S Shoeibi, SAA Mirjalily, H Kargarsharifabad… - Desalination, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Solar desalination is one of the crucial methods to convert brackish water to freshwater. The
major issue of solar desalination is the low water production rate, and for this reason …

Hybrid thermal desalination systems for sustainable development–A critical review

S Rajesh, C Chiranjeevi - Solar Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Accessing economic, clean drinking water, and affordable clean energy should be achieved
without compromising climate action, is a target of the United Nations agenda for 2030 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of tubular solar stills with phase change material and nano-enhanced phase change material

MM Thalib, AM Manokar, FA Essa, N Vasimalai… - Energies, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
This study is intended to investigate and analyze the operational performances of the
Conventional Tubular Solar Still (CTSS), Tubular Solar Still with Phase Change Material …

Phosphate bed as energy storage materials for augmentation of conventional solar still productivity

MEH Attia, Z Driss, AE Kabeel, A Afzal… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this experimental work, the phosphate bed was used to augment a Conventional Solar
Still (CSS) yield. The CSS was manufactured and operated under the climatic condition of El …

Energy and exergy efficiency analysis of solar still incorporated with copper plate and phosphate pellets as energy storage material

AR Prasad, MEH Attia, W Al-Kouz, A Afzal… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021‏ - Springer
In this work, a new attempt was made to study the behavior of the conventional solar still
(CSS) by adding a black-painted copper plate and phosphate pellets. Therefore, the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of artificial roughness variation on heat transfer and friction characteristics of solar air heating system

R Kumar, S Kumar, S Thapa, M Sethi, G Fekete… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The present study describes the optimization of the spacer length parameter of perforated
delta-shaped winglets (PDWs) imposed on the absorber plate of the solar air heater (SAH) …

Enhancing the fresh water produced from inclined cover stepped absorber solar still using wick and energy storage materials

VK Ramalingam, A Karthick, MPV Jeyalekshmi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021‏ - Springer
Renewable energy-based desalination (RED) technique is gaining more importance over
the desalination techniques as it appeared to be a promising technique towards low-cost …

A review on diverse combinations and Energy-Exergy-Economics (3E) of hybrid solar still desalination

AW Jeevadason, S Padmini, C Bharatiraja - Desalination, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Hybrid Solar Stills (HSS) deliver high yield of freshwater at higher efficiency
amongst the various Solar Still (SS) desalination systems, thus facilitating delivery of clean …

Extraction of drinking water from modified inclined solar still incorporated with spiral tube solar water heater

Y Taamneh, AM Manokar, MM Thalib… - Journal of Water …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Modified Inclined Solar Stills in passive (PISS) and active mode (AISS) were
fabricated and researched in the environmental condition of Chennai, India. In an AISS …

Recent advancements, technologies, and developments in inclined solar still—a comprehensive review

HA Kumar, H Venkateswaran, AE Kabeel… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021‏ - Springer
People around the world are facing water scarcity, and the demand for freshwater is
continuously increasing. The purification of water is the only way to satisfy the need for …