A review on air heating applications with evacuated tubes: A focus on series and parallel tube configurations

A Elbrashy, Y Boutera, MM Abdel-Aziz, S Dafea, M Arıcı - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Evacuated tube solar collectors (ETSCs) have gained great interest among researchers in
solar energy applications. The reasons behind that are their high thermal efficiency, wide …

A comprehensive review of fresh water production from atmospheric air–techniques, challenges and opportunities

A Agrawal, A Kumar - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024 - Springer
The rapid expansion of human populations and industrial activity worldwide has led to a
severe scarcity of fresh water, presenting a pressing issue that demands attention. While …

Solar air heater based on double-ends open evacuated tube with & without phase change material: an experimental investigation

A Tiwari, A Kumar - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of hot air in drying, space heating, desiccant air conditioning, and
desalination attracts the attention of researchers towards solar air heater. In the current …

Atmospheric water harvesting by using evacuated tube collector: An experimental investigation

A Agrawal, A Kumar, AD Parekh - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The current global water crisis arises from the combination of limited freshwater resources
and a growing world population, which highlights the need for self-sustainable water …

Experimental investigation of solar driven atmospheric water generation system based on air-to-air heat exchanger

A Agrawal, A Kumar, AD Parekh - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The lack of fresh water, especially for the land-locked & arid regions, is becoming a
significant barrier to the sustainable development of humanity. This has generated an urgent …

Experimental investigation of atmospheric air to water generation based on both end open evacuated tube collector solar air heater

A Agrawal, A Kumar, AD Parekh - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Regional economic, social, and ecological security are all entwined and influenced by the
availability of water. Since the available water resources are depleting at a very faster rate …

A new dynamic control strategy for a solar-driven absorption thermal energy storage system: Modeling and performance evaluation

R Chen, D Lu, T Shen, M Gong - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Solar heating is a vital technology to promote the decarbonization of building energy supply
systems. However, the mismatch between the intermittency of solar energy supply and the …

Harvesting freshwater from atmospheric air using thermal energy storage enabled solar air heater

A Agrawal, A Kumar - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Fresh water resources are scarce worldwide, and prevailing water harvesting systems face
limitations of nighttime operations, high regeneration temperature and limited water yield. To …

Energy, exergy, economic, exergo and enviro-economic analysis of solar powered humidification dehumidification desalination system: An experimental investigation

A Tiwari, A Kumar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
A solar-powered humidification dehumidification (SPHDH) desalination system presents an
economically viable thermal desalination approach for satisfying the requirement of …

Experimental comparison of evacuated tube solar air heater based on energy and exergy analyses with environmental and economic (4‐E) study

A Agrawal, A Kumar, AD Parekh - Environmental Progress & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For the purpose of low‐medium air heating applications like timber seasoning, HVAC,
agricultural & food drying, space heating and desalination, there is requirement of hot air …