[HTML][HTML] Techniques used to maintain minimum water depth of solar stills for water desalination–A comparative review

AS Abdullah, WH Alawee, S Shanmugan… - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The necessity for fresh water is critical in everyday life. The most serious issue in
underdeveloped countries is a lack of access to clean water, and drinking water from …

[HTML][HTML] Methods used to improve solar still performance with generated turbulence for water desalination-detailed review

AS Abdullah, H Panchal, WH Alawee, ZM Omara - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In everyday living, the need for fresh water is crucial. The most pressing problem in
develo** nations is the ongoing lack of access to clean water. In many ways, the solar still …

Improving the drum solar still performance using corrugated drum and nano-based phase change material

AA Saeed, AM Alharthi, KM Aldosari… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The problem of lack of safe drinking water is one of the problems that trouble governments
all over the world. There are many methods of desalinating sea water, including solar …

[HTML][HTML] An experimental comparison study between four different designs of solar stills

HM Hussen, MM Younes, WH Alawee… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this experimental work, four different solar stills (SSs) have been tested. The SS systems
are conventional SS (CSS), Double Slope SS (DSSS), Pyramid SS (PSS) and Tubular SS …

Sustainable solar desalination through interfacial evaporation: Integration of chitosan aerogel-impregnated graphene nanoplatelets solar evaporator and phase …

T Arunkumar, Y Suh, HW Lim, S Christopher, SJ Lee - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy offers several advantages for desalination, including affordability, eco-
friendliness and sustainability. However, certain factors have influence on the evaporation …

Finned-encapsulated PCM pyramid solar still–Experimental study with economic analysis

MEAE Ahmed, S Abdo, MA Abdelrahman… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel experimental work to enhance the performance of pyramid solar
stills using PCM-encapsulated cylindrical fins with different heights. To optimise the fin's …

Employing a vertical wick, reflector, and Nano phase change material to improve the thermo-economic performance of a tubular solar still

MM Younes, ZM Omara, MI Amro, G Hamisa - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an increasing lack of drinkable water as a result of increased industry and
population expansion, which has prompted scientists to arise with creative solutions to this …

Performance investigation of active double slope solar stills incorporating internal sidewall reflector, hollow circular fins, and nanoparticle-mixed phase change …

SS Tuly, ABS Ayon, R Hassan, BK Das, RH Khan… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Productivity and efficiency augmentation of solar stills have been receiving significant
importance owing to their cost and energy-effectiveness in addition to cleaner operation in …

[HTML][HTML] Testing a stepped solar still with different sand beds and reflectors

TEM Atteya, F Abbas - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
During cloudy or rainy days, a solar still (SS) cannot work in its normal state. So, improving
the yield of low-cost solar-powered desalination technologies such as the SS is essential to …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of nano-enhanced phase change materials on solar stills with scientometric analysis

ZM Omara, MMZ Ahmed, WH Alawee… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, solar stills systems have garnered a lot of interest and have been thoroughly
researched. It is currently thought that using Nano-enhanced phase change materials (NE …