A thermodynamic review on solar stills

A Saxena, E Cuce, AE Kabeel, M Abdelgaied, V Goel - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The supply and quality of water is still a problem in undeveloped or develo** nations.
Researchers from different countries have developed various distillation or desalination …

Advancements in solar technologies for sustainable development of agricultural sector in India: a comprehensive review on challenges and opportunities

AK Thakur, R Singh, A Gehlot, AK Kaviti… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Agriculture is the main occupation of the majority of people in India. The majority of the
population in India is dependent (directly or indirectly) on agriculture as an occupation. The …

Improving the performance of trays solar still using wick corrugated absorber, nano-enhanced phase change material and photovoltaics-powered heaters

AS Abdullah, ZM Omara, FA Essa, MM Younes… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, an experimental work has been conducted to augment the performance of trays
solar still. The absorber surface area and rate of heat transfer between the absorber and the …

Improving the trays solar still performance using reflectors and phase change material with nanoparticles

AS Abdullah, FA Essa, HB Bacha, ZM Omara - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
The potable water shortage is a big problem facing the governments and decision-makers
everywhere. Solar distiller is one of the techniques that participate in solving this problem. In …

Exergy, environ–economic and economic analyses of a tubular solar water heater assisted solar still

O Bait - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Active solar stills are well known for their higher amount of distillate production than
conventional stills. In this paper, a tubular solar collector assisted solar still was suggested …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing trays solar still performance using wick finned absorber, nano-enhanced PCM

AS Abdullah, ZM Omara, FA Essa, UF Alqsair… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar stills are famous techniques of solar desalination methods, but they suffer from the low
daily water production. In this work, an experimental study was conducted to enhance the …

Energy consumption and environmental impact assessment of desalination plants and brine disposal strategies

MN Soliman, FZ Guen, SA Ahmed, H Saleem… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural
resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants …

A review of the use of phase change materials on performance of solar stills

VP Katekar, SS Deshmukh - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
To convert the brackish water into potable water economically solar still can be used. It was
reported that the main cause of its inferior performance is the heat loss from the solar still. To …

Energy and exergy analysis of solar stills with micro/nano particles: a comparative study

SW Sharshir, G Peng, AH Elsheikh, EMA Edreis… - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a theoretical comparative study between modified solar stills (MSSs) and
classical solar still (CSS) was carried out, based on the productivity and the thermal …

4-E analysis of pyramid solar still augmented with external condenser, evacuated tubes, nanofluid and ultrasonic foggers: a comprehensive study

SW Sharshir, AW Kandeal, AM Algazzar… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, pyramid solar still performance was enhanced by using evacuated tubes,
external condenser, nanoparticles, and ultrasonic foggers. Experimental measurements …