Performance improvement of solar thermal systems integrated with phase change materials (PCM), a review

FS Javadi, HSC Metselaar, P Ganesan - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review is an extensive overview of the research progress obtained in the field of
Phase Change Material (PCM) integrated with solar thermal applications. Solar energy has …

A systematic review for performance augmentation of solar still with heat storage materials: A state of art

VK Chauhan, SK Shukla, PKS Rathore - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar desalination is rising as the most prominent option to tackle water scarcity in every
aspect of sustainable development. Much research has been done in the past that showed …

Improving the performance of a parabolic concentrator solar tracking-tubular solar still (PCST-TSS) using gravel as a sensible heat storage material

M Elashmawy - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
This study describes the effect of using locally available gravel as a sensible heat storage
material on the performance of tubular solar still equipped with a parabolic concentrator …

Atmospheric water harvesting from low humid regions using tubular solar still powered by a parabolic concentrator system

M Elashmawy, F Alshammari - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study proposed a new system of atmospheric water harvesting from extreme
low humid regions under climatic conditions of Hail city (27.64 o N, 41.75 o E), Saudi Arabia …

An experimental investigation of a parabolic concentrator solar tracking system integrated with a tubular solar still

M Elashmawy - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
This study describes the performance of three different experiments under the climatic
conditions of Hail city (27.5° N, 41.7° E) in Saudi Arabia by using a tubular solar still (TSS) …

Experimental study on water extraction from atmospheric air using tubular solar still

M Elashmawy - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
For the first time and as alternative source of bootable water, water extraction from
atmospheric air using tubular solar still was tested experimentally under extremely low …

Phase change materials (PCMs) for improving solar still productivity: a review

AAM Omara, AAA Abuelnuor, HA Mohammed… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
This paper comprehensively reviews the use of phase change materials (PCMs) as latent
heat storage systems to improve the productivity of solar stills. Previous studies on …

Single slope solar distillator productivity improvement using phase change material and Al2O3 nanoparticle

MT Chaichan, HA Kazem - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The improvement of heat transfer in any system stores latent heat as a thermal energy
enhances the system's efficiency. In this study, nanoparticles were dispersed in paraffin wax …

[HTML][HTML] Water solar distiller productivity enhancement using concentrating solar water heater and phase change material (PCM)

MT Chaichan, HA Kazem - Case studies in thermal engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper investigates usage of thermal energy storage extracted from concentrating solar
heater for water distillation. Paraffin wax selected as a suitable phase change material, and …

Design and assessment of solar concentrator distillating system using phase change materials (PCM) suitable for desertic weathers

MT Chaichan, KI Abaas, HA Kazem - Desalination and water …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A desertic region always suffers from a lack of fresh water in a large portion of its area. In
these areas, available water from swamps or ground water wells is brackish water, and it …