Comprehensive review on climate control and cooling systems in greenhouses under hot and arid conditions

M Soussi, MT Chaibi, M Buchholz, Z Saghrouni - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work is motivated by the difficulty of cultivating crops in horticulture greenhouses under
hot and arid climate conditions. The main challenge is to provide a suitable greenhouse …

Role of geothermal energy in sustainable water desalination—a review on current status, parameters, and challenges

S Shelare, R Kumar, T Gajbhiye, S Kanchan - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The availability of fresh water in many parts of the world has been dwindling as a result of
both climate change and population increase. The worldwide transition away from fossil …

Polymeric membranes with selective solution‐diffusion for intercepting volatile organic compounds during solar‐driven water remediation

D Qi, Y Liu, Y Liu, Z Liu, Y Luo, H Xu, X Zhou… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solar evaporation through a photothermal porous material provides a feasible and
sustainable method for water remediation. Several photothermal materials have been …

Productivity enhancement of single-slope solar still with novel bottom finned absorber basin inserted in phase change material (PCM): techno-economic and enviro …

SK Suraparaju, SK Natarajan - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Solar still is one of the economic and eminent ways of desalinating the available
sea/brackish water into potable water. However, the distillate output from the solar still is …

[HTML][HTML] Bottom-up energy system models applied to sustainable islands

MG Prina, D Groppi, B Nastasi, DA Garcia - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the existing bottom-up energy system models applied at island level. The
aim of the paper is to answer the following research questions: i) which energy system …

Desalination process using humidification–dehumidification technique: A detailed review

ASA Mohamed, MS Ahmed… - … journal of energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of fresh water resources is one of the important reasons obstructing progress all
over the world. To overcome this crucial situation, the water desalination system (WDS) is …

Recent advances in heat pump-coupled desalination systems: a systematic review

H Liu, A Joseph, MM Elsayad, B Elshernoby, F Awad… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review about improving the saline desalination systems performance by
coupling heat pumps. Three main desalination methods; namely: evaporation-based …

Process design and technoeconomic analysis for zero liquid discharge desalination via LiBr absorption chiller integrated HDH-MEE-MVR system

H Nikkhah, B Beykal - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel multipurpose seawater desalination process is presented that integrates a Lithium
Bromide (LiBr) absorption chiller, humidification-dehumidification (HDH), multi-effect …

Sustainable thermal-based desalination with low-cost energy resources and low-carbon footprints

Y Li, X Chen, Y Xu, Y Zhuo, G Lu - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The cost of desalination is mainly based on the energy cost since the process is very energy-
intensive. Previous reviews have considered individual topics such as renewable energy …

Solar still distillate enhancement techniques and recent developments

D Das, U Bordoloi, P Kalita, RF Boehm… - Groundwater for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar still (SS) technology is one of the economic technologies for the conversion of impure
water to pure form. A solar still is a device that mimics the way nature makes rain. A SS has …