Integration of emerging PCMs and nano-enhanced PCMs with different solar water heating systems for sustainable energy future: A systematic review

SK Pathak, VV Tyagi, K Chopra, R Rejikumar… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water heaters (SWHs) are primarily used to generate hot water to meet daily needs in
domestic and industrial applications. Due to its technical and economic practicality, solar …

A comprehensive review of direct solar desalination techniques and its advancements

VK Chauhan, SK Shukla, JV Tirkey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Demand of fresh water is rising continuously because of increase in population. This has
created an undue burden on limited reserves of fresh water. Desalination is one of the …

Improved thermo-economic performance of solar desalination via copper chips, nanofluid, and nano-based phase change material

AW Kandeal, NM El-Shafai, MR Abdo, AK Thakur… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the performance of a modified double slope still (MDSSS) was evaluated
compared to conventional single slope one (CSS). The modifications depended on different …

Performance improvement of a single slope solar still by employing thermoelectric cooling channel and copper oxide nanofluid: an experimental study

S Nazari, H Safarzadeh, M Bahiraei - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
This experimental study elucidates the performance of copper oxide (Cu 2 O) nanofluid in a
single slope solar still integrated with external thermoelectric glass cover cooling channel …

Energy-matrices, exergy, economic, environmental, exergoeconomic, enviroeconomic, and heat transfer (6E/HT) analysis of two passive/active solar still water …

SM Parsa, A Rahbar, D Javadi, MH Koleini… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In spite of numerous valuable researches for evaluating the effect of different parameters for
analyzing exergy/environmental/economic/energy-matrices/heat transfer of solar stills; the …

Energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic (4E) evaluation of a new integration of solar still with photovoltaic panel

AR Abd Elbar, MS Yousef, H Hassan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental (4E) assessment of
new integration of solar still with photovoltaic module (PV) is performed. This new integration …

Experimental analysis of combined utilization of CuO nanoparticles in latent heat storage unit and absorber coating in a single-slope solar desalination system

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, HF Öztop - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this survey, impact of combined utilization of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles both in
thermal energy storage unit and absorber coating (matt black paint) on the performance of a …

Combined influence of fin, phase change material, wick, and external condenser on the thermal performance of a double slope solar still

SS Tuly, MS Rahman, MRI Sarker, RA Beg - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the enhancement of potable water productivity of an active double
slope modified solar still (SS) considering the combined effect of solid rectangular fin …

Energetic and exergetic performance assessment of the inclusion of phase change materials (PCM) in a solar distillation system

MS Yousef, H Hassan - Energy conversion and management, 2019 - Elsevier
In this experimental work, the energetic and exergetic performance enhancement of solar
distillation system (solar still incorporated with PCM storage unit) is performed by using two …

Experimental study on the effect of coupling parabolic trough collector with double slope solar still on its performance

M Fathy, H Hassan, MS Ahmed - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The performance of coupling parabolic trough collector (PTC) with double slope solar still is
investigated experimentally. The incident solar energy on the PTC is transferred to the solar …