A review on evaporation improvement of solar still desalination using porous material

S Shoeibi, M Saemian, H Kargarsharifabad… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, many studies have focused on desalination systems using solar energy sources
due to low energy costs, the feasibility of usage in most weathers and no use of fossil fuels …

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 …

Theoretical and experimental performance evaluation of single-slope single-basin solar still with multiple V-shaped floating wicks

A Agrawal, RS Rana - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
A solar still is used to convert saline water into potable water by means of the distillation
process. In order to improve the productivity of conventional solar still, various modifications …

[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 …

Recycled waste black polyurethane sponges for solar vapor generation and distillation

S Ma, CP Chiu, Y Zhu, CY Tang, H Long, W Qarony… - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The abundant waste polyurethane sponge, commonly considered as one of the municipal
wastes, can be recycled and converted into the valuable resources of environment. The …

Augmentation and prediction of wick solar still productivity using artificial neural network integrated with tree–seed algorithm

SS Sharshir, M Abd Elaziz, A Elsheikh - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This study introduces a modified artificial neural network (ANN) model based on the tree–
seed algorithm (ANN-TSA) to predict the freshwater yield of conventional and developed …

Energy efficient materials for solar water distillation-A review

T Arunkumar, Y Ao, Z Luo, L Zhang, J Li… - … and sustainable energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar energy is one of the most powerful sources for many sustainable applications.
Recently, efficient water distillation has attracted significant attention. The fresh water …

Enhancing the productivity of hemispherical solar distillation by using energy storage (rubber) and wick materials at different thickness

V Savithiri, MEH Attia, S Vaithilingam… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The yield produced from conventional hemispherical solar still (CHSS) is limited. Modified
hemispherical solar still (MHSS) using rubber and wick materials at the basin of the HSS are …

Solar still distillate enhancement techniques and recent developments

D Das, U Bordoloi, P Kalita, RF Boehm… - Groundwater for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar still (SS) technology is one of the economic technologies for the conversion of impure
water to pure form. A solar still is a device that mimics the way nature makes rain. A SS has …

Productivity augmentation of a solar distiller utilizing a wire mesh absorber with a pulsed flow regime

EMS El-Said, MA Dahab, M Abdelgaleel, G Bedair - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
This work introduces an experimental study on the possibility of using the metal wire mesh
as a packed absorber (SS-WM) with pulsed water flow to enhance the performance of the …