Solar stills: A comprehensive review of designs, performance and material advances

DDW Rufuss, S Iniyan, L Suganthi… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The demand for fresh water production is growing day by day with the increase in world
population and with industrial growth. Use of desalination technology is increasing to meet …

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 …

Augmentation of the tubular distiller performance via hot air injection from a parabolic trough collector, nanocoating, and nanofluid

AW Kandeal, AA El-Naggar, MR Sharaby, SW Sharshir… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays, due to freshwater scarcity intensifying, researchers are actively seeking to
improve solar desalination, a technology with immense potential, but there are still …

A Review of the Configurations, Capabilities, and Cutting-Edge Options for Multistage Solar Stills in Water Desalination

FL Rashid, A Kaood, MA Al-Obaidi, HI Mohammed… - Designs, 2023 - mdpi.com
The desalination of saltwater is a viable option to produce freshwater. All the desalination
processes are energy-intensive and can be carried out on a large scale. Therefore …

Improving performance of tubular solar still by controlling the water depth and cover cooling

AE Kabeel, SW Sharshir, GB Abdelaziz… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, tubular solar still (TSS) is considered as one of the preferable options for pure
acquisition water, particularly, for small applications located in coastal and arid regions …

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) …

Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills

T Arunkumar, R Velraj, DC Denkenberger… - Renewable energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The performance of compound parabolic concentrator assisted tubular solar still (CPC-TSS)
and compound parabolic concentrator-concentric tubular solar still (CPC-CTSS)(to allow …

[HTML][HTML] Productivity enhancement of solar still by PCM and Nanoparticles miscellaneous basin absorbing materials

S Shanmugan, S Palani, B Janarthanan - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Belongings of incorporating (Al 2 O 3) Nanoparticles of wick materials in the solar still of a
PCM charity in the basin for TES organization have been probed in this study. It is an …

Nano-coated condensation surfaces enhanced the productivity of the single-slope solar still by changing the condensation mechanism

P Zanganeh, AS Goharrizi, S Ayatollahi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar stills are considered an environmentally friendly technique to produce fresh water. The
condensation surface plays an essential role in controlling the efficiency of the solar still …

Productivity enhancement of solar stills by nano-coating of condensing surface

P Zanganeh, AS Goharrizi, S Ayatollahi, M Feilizadeh - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Wettability is one of the most important factors which significantly influences solar still
efficiency. Moreover, it determines the condensation mode, ie, filmwise or dropwise …