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 …

[HTML][HTML] An experimental comparison study between four different designs of solar stills

HM Hussen, MM Younes, WH Alawee… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this experimental work, four different solar stills (SSs) have been tested. The SS systems
are conventional SS (CSS), Double Slope SS (DSSS), Pyramid SS (PSS) and Tubular SS …

Experimental investigation of the effects of low-temperature phase change material on single-slope solar still

M Jahanpanah, SJ Sadatinejad, A Kasaeian… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional desalination plants mostly require high energy levels, which could produce
high levels of carbon dioxide, if provided by fossil fuels. While this energy could be efficiently …

Energy matrices, exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic analysis of air-cooled and water-cooled solar still: Experimental investigation and numerical simulation

S Shoeibi, N Rahbar, AA Esfahlani… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of using air and water cooling glass in the double slope solar still have been
performed numerically and experimentally. The thermoelectric modules cold side cools a …

Evaluating the performance of spherical, hemispherical, and tubular solar stills with various configurations-A detailed review

FT Jodah, WH Alawee, HA Dhahad… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Solving global water shortages has become an urgent challenge, hindering sustainable
development. Therefore, comparing different solar still designs from application and …

Employing a vertical wick, reflector, and Nano phase change material to improve the thermo-economic performance of a tubular solar still

MM Younes, ZM Omara, MI Amro, G Hamisa - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an increasing lack of drinkable water as a result of increased industry and
population expansion, which has prompted scientists to arise with creative solutions to this …

Performance enhancement of stepped basin solar still based on OSELM with traversal tree for higher energy adaptive control

AM Gandhi, S Shanmugan, S Gorjian, CI Pruncu… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
A basin solar still precision design is regularly not reachable. To solve this issue, the basin
area is coated with a nanolayer which allows to stimulate and control the multifaceted of the …

Effect of design parameters on performance of passive basin solar stills considering instantaneous ambient conditions: a transient CFD modeling

M Keshtkar, M Eslami, K Jafarpur - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A transient CFD model is developed to investigate the parameters affecting the productivity
of a solar still. Instantaneous weather data is accounted as boundary conditions while the …

Enhancement of single solar still integrated with solar dishes: An experimental approach

AE Kabeel, MMK Dawood, K Ramzy, T Nabil… - Energy conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current experimental work targets to progress in the daily production of fresh water of a
single solar still. Two identical solar parabolic dishes were equipped with two conical tanks …

Proposing novel approaches for solar still performance enhancement by basin water heating, glass cooling, and vacuum creation

H Aghakhani, SM Ayatollahi, MR Hajmohammadi - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar stills are widely recognized for their cost-effective approach to purifying brackish water.
However, their ability to produce drinkable water has been limited. As an innovative solution …