Renewable energy systems for water desalination applications: A comprehensive review

SM Alawad, RB Mansour, FA Al-Sulaiman… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources are expected to provide viable alternative solutions for water
desalination to address the issues of high-energy consumption and negative environmental …

Carbon materials for solar water evaporation and desalination

W Guan, Y Guo, G Yu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater desalination is viewed as a promising solution to world freshwater scarcity. Solar
assisted desalination is proposed to overcome the high energy consumption in current …

Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production: a solution looking for a problem?

MA Khan, T Al-Attas, S Roy, MM Rahman… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As the price of renewable electricity continues to plummet, hydrogen (H2) production via
water electrolysis is gaining momentum globally as a route to decarbonize our energy …

Environmental impact of desalination technologies: A review

K Elsaid, M Kamil, ET Sayed, MA Abdelkareem… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the limited availability of freshwater supplies, desalination has become an
increasingly reliable process for water supply worldwide, with proved technical and …

Janus-interface engineering boosting solar steam towards high-efficiency water collection

H Yao, P Zhang, C Yang, Q Liao, X Hao… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar powered clean water production has been considered a favorable way to address the
problem of the global water shortage. Recently, the interfacial solar-steam generation …

Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

M Qasim, M Badrelzaman, NN Darwish, NA Darwish… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that has always stimulated research interests in finding
effective means for pure water production. In this context, reverse osmosis (RO) is …

Energy for desalination: A state-of-the-art review

H Nassrullah, SF Anis, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The utilization of seawater for drinking purposes is limited by the high specific energy
consumption (SEC)(kW-h/m 3) of present desalination technologies; both thermal and …

Desalination and environment: A critical analysis of impacts, mitigation strategies, and greener desalination technologies

I Ihsanullah, MA Atieh, M Sajid, MK Nazal - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The desalination of seawater is perceived as one of the most viable processes to fulfill the
mounting demand for freshwater. Despite enormous economic, social, and health benefits …

Regulating the interfacial polymerization process toward high-performance polyamide thin-film composite reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes: A review

X Li, Z Wang, X Han, Y Liu, C Wang, F Yan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF)
membranes are the core elements for the membrane-based desalination technologies …

Hybrid technologies: The future of energy efficient desalination–A review

FE Ahmed, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Further reduction in energy consumption is an attractive prospect for both well-established
technologies such as reverse osmosis and electrodialysis, and for emerging desalination …