Phase change materials integrated solar desalination system: An innovative approach for sustainable and clean water production and storage

R Kumar, AK Pandey, M Samykano, B Aljafari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The demand for fresh water in today's world is rising continually due to the increase in
population and rise in industrial developments. Solar Desalination is one of the sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

A review of the use of phase change materials on performance of solar stills

VP Katekar, SS Deshmukh - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
To convert the brackish water into potable water economically solar still can be used. It was
reported that the main cause of its inferior performance is the heat loss from the solar still. To …

Experimental investigation of stepped solar still with phase change material and external condenser

SSA Toosi, HR Goshayeshi, SZ Heris - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
The stepped solar still has a large condensing and receiving surface area compared to the
conventional simple solar still. The purpose of this experimental study is to enhance the …

A systematic review for performance augmentation of solar still with heat storage materials: A state of art

VK Chauhan, SK Shukla, PKS Rathore - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar desalination is rising as the most prominent option to tackle water scarcity in every
aspect of sustainable development. Much research has been done in the past that showed …

A comprehensive review of the vacuum solar still systems

ASA Mohamed, AG Shahdy, HA Mohamed… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Freshwater scarcity is a problem that is becoming more and more of a concern over the
world, and as a result, the search for solutions has become a race against time. One of the …

[HTML][HTML] Phase change materials (PCMs) for improving solar still productivity: a review

AAM Omara, AAA Abuelnuor, HA Mohammed… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
This paper comprehensively reviews the use of phase change materials (PCMs) as latent
heat storage systems to improve the productivity of solar stills. Previous studies on …

Investigating the energetic, exergetic, and sustainability aspects of a solar still integrating fins, wick, phase change materials, and external condenser

SS Tuly, R Hassan, BK Das, MRI Sarker - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable-based desalination systems as one of the sources of a chief human sustenance
are of tremendous significance to tackle the climatic detriments associated with their fossil …

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 …