Thermal models of solar still—A comprehensive review

C Elango, N Gunasekaran, K Sampathkumar - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2015 - Elsevier
Water is vital to life and supplying of potable water can hardly be overstressed in recent
years. The conventional desalination processes require significant amount of energy to …

Various methods applied to solar still for enhancement of distillate output

H Panchal, I Mohan - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar still is not so much attractive in a market due to its lower productivity. Researchers from
all around the world have tried to improve distillate output of solar still, but still, no one has …

Comparative study based on thermal, exergetic and economic analyses of a tubular solar still with semi-circular corrugated absorber

SM Elshamy, EMS El-Said - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
The solar still is one of the best choices for obtaining fresh water, in small scale demands
which covering the demand for remote arid regions which do not have enough power source …

Improvement of the performance of hemispherical distillers through passive and active techniques

A Alasiri, SW Sharshir, LA Lotfy, M Ahmadein… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The primary goal of the present work is to compare the thermo-economic performance of
modified hemispherical distillers by various types of enhancing materials. Three different …

A review of different methods to enhance the productivity of the multi-effect solar still

T Rajaseenivasan, KK Murugavel, T Elango… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
In a simple horizontal or inclined basin type solar still, the basin receive solar radiation
through the transparent cover, heats the water to evaporate, hot saturated air rises, vapour …

Modeling and performance analysis of high-efficiency thermally-localized multistage solar stills

L Zhang, Z Xu, B Bhatia, B Li, L Zhao, EN Wang - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination is a promising solution to global water shortage. Commercially
available desalination technologies typically require large installations which can be …

Effect of wind speed on active and passive solar stills

AA El-Sebaii - Energy Conversion and Management, 2004 - Elsevier
The effect of wind speed V on the daily productivity Pd of some active and passive solar stills
is studied by computer simulation. Numerical calculations have been carried out on typical …

Evaluating thermal performance of a single slope solar still

OO Badran, MM Abu-Khader - Heat and mass transfer, 2007 - Springer
The distillation is one of the important methods of getting clean water from brackish and sea
water using the free energy supply from the sun. An experimental work is conducted on a …

Analysis of an innovative water desalination system using low-grade solar heat

S Al-Kharabsheh, D Yogi - Desalination, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper presents a theoretical analysis and preliminary experimental results for an
innovative water desalination system using low-grade solar heat. The system utilizes natural …

Effect of varying glass cover thickness on performance of solar still: in a winter climate conditions

HN Panchal, PK Shah - International Journal of Renewable Energy …, 2012 - dergipark.org.tr
In this research paper, an attempt has been made to unearth the effect of different
thicknesses glass cover on passive single-slope single basin solar still in winter climatic …