A review on preparation, characterization, properties and applications of nanofluids

DK Devendiran, VA Amirtham - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Selection of suitable heat transfer fluid for heat dissipation is an important consideration in
the design of heat exchanging systems. Nanofluid, a colloidal mixture made of a base fluid …

Effect of various factors and diverse approaches to enhance the performance of solar stills: a comprehensive review

LD Jathar, S Ganesan, K Shahapurkar… - Journal of Thermal …, 2022 - Springer
The need for fresh drinking water is increasing rapidly, and drinking water availability
reduces day by day. Solar desalination is a viable option to change saltwater to fresh …

Technology assessment of solar disinfection for drinking water treatment

I Jeon, EC Ryberg, PJJ Alvarez, JH Kim - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
Poor access to safe drinking water is a major sustainability issue for a third of the world's
population, especially for those living in rural areas. Solar disinfection could be the choice of …

A review of integrating solar collectors to solar still

R Sathyamurthy, SA El-Agouz, PK Nagarajan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water is one of the important sources for the survival of living species on the earth. As earth
having only a small amount of water resources for drinking purpose people in rural and …

Active solar distillation—A detailed review

K Sampathkumar, TV Arjunan, P Pitchandi… - … and sustainable energy …, 2010 - Elsevier
All over the world, access to potable water to the people are narrowing down day by day.
Most of the human diseases are due to polluted or non-purified water resources. Even today …

Utilization of thermoelectric cooling in a portable active solar still—an experimental study on winter days

JA Esfahani, N Rahbar, M Lavvaf - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study, an attempt has been made to produce a portable solar still. Because of the
small size and low productivity, some techniques have been used to enhance and improve …

Factors influencing the performance and productivity of solar stills-A review

K Selvaraj, A Natarajan - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a major threat for future as the fresh water resources are being exploited
and polluted rapidly by mankind. Hence, converting the brackish, saline water in to pure …

Sun tracking system for productivity enhancement of solar still

S Abdallah, OO Badran - Desalination, 2008 - Elsevier
A sun tracking system was deployed for enhancing the solar still productivity. A
computerized sun tracking device was used for rotating the solar still with the movement of …

Effect of various absorbing materials on the thermal performance of solar stills

S Abdallah, MM Abu-Khader, O Badran - Desalination, 2009 - Elsevier
There is a strong need to improve the single slope solar still thermal performance and
increase the production rate of distilled water. Different types of absorbing materials were …

Theoretical and experimental investigation of double slope solar still with channel integration: Energy, exergy and water quality analysis

T Jeyaraj, P Kumar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work focuses on the influencing factors for the performance enrichment of solar
still, which serves as one of the sources of cleaner production of freshwater in a hot …