Microchannel heat sinks with nanofluids for cooling electronic components: Performance enhancement, challenges, and limitations

HM Maghrabie, AG Olabi, ET Sayed… - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the cooling of electronic components that are widely spread globally is
considered a critical issue. Designers and engineers alike confront major obstacles in …

Recent advances and future prospects in direct solar desalination systems using membrane distillation technology

A Bamasag, E Almatrafi, T Alqahtani, P Phelan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water desalination has become one of the viable solutions for water shortages in regions
with limited natural resources. In the last two decades, more attention has been paid to …

Conceptual analysis framework development to understand barriers of nanofluid commercialization

A Alagumalai, C Qin, KEK Vimal, E Solomin, L Yang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite massive efforts in the field of nanofluids over the last two decades, nanofluids are
primarily still used in a lab scale due to numerous controllable and uncontrollable barriers …

A review of nanotechnology fluid applications in geothermal energy systems

M Soltani, FM Kashkooli, MA Fini, D Gharapetian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Geothermal energy is a high potential energy source that can provide heat and power with
minimal emissions. Recent advances in nanotechnology show that nanoparticles, such as …

Low-concentration CO2 capture system with liquid-like adsorbent based on monoethanolamine for low energy consumption

JW Lee, H Ahn, S Kim, YT Kang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct air capture (DAC) of atmospheric CO 2 is becoming ever more important for a carbon
neutral society. To achieve this, it is critical to reduce the energy consumption of DAC …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of nanoparticles saturation on the surface tension of nanofluids

J Traciak, G Żyła - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work focuses on the surface tension of nanofluids. An empirical model of the
surface tension of nanofluids and a mechanism for the influence of nanoparticles on the …

Radiative cooling sorbent towards all weather ambient water harvesting

W Zhu, Y Zhang, C Zhang, X Shan, AK Rao… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Emerging atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technologies hold promise for water supply
to underdeveloped regions with limited access to liquid water resources. The prevailing …

[HTML][HTML] Mega-scale desalination efficacy (Reverse Osmosis, Electrodialysis, Membrane Distillation, MED, MSF) during COVID-19: Evidence from salinity …

SM Parsa - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The unprecedented situation of the COVID-19 pandemic heavily polluted water bodies
whereas the presence of SARS-CoV-2, even in treated wastewater in every corner of the …

Porous condensers can double the efficiency of membrane distillation

HF Juybari, HB Parmar, AD Alshubbar, KL Young… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Among membrane distillation (MD) configurations, air gap MD (AGMD) has superior energy
efficiency at high salinity. However, flooding of the gap prevents optimal thin gap depths as …

Thermodynamic analysis of a hybrid novel solar powered humidification-dehumidification coupled with direct contact membrane distillation system

KS Chauhan, R Beniwal, H Tyagi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a well-known global issue, and obtaining potable water in many regions is
challenging. Some technologies exist but require high-grade energy for freshwater …