Performance evaluation of nanofluids in solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems: A comprehensive review

SP Tembhare, DP Barai, BA Bhanvase - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofluids, due to their superior thermal properties, have immense applications in heat
transfer process. In view of this, nanofluids, as working fluids in solar thermal systems, have …

A comprehensive review of direct solar desalination techniques and its advancements

VK Chauhan, SK Shukla, JV Tirkey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Demand of fresh water is rising continuously because of increase in population. This has
created an undue burden on limited reserves of fresh water. Desalination is one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation and performance analysis of solar still with energy storage materials: An energy-exergy efficiency analysis

D Mevada, H Panchal, M Ahmadein, ME Zayed… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Researchers have attempted different Energy storage materials (ESM) in solar stills (SS) to
improve distillate yield. In this experimental work, an attempt was made to increase the …

First approach on nanofluid-based solar still in high altitude for water desalination and solar water disinfection (SODIS)

SM Parsa, A Rahbar, MH Koleini, YD Javadi, M Afrand… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
In present study, performance of two nanofluid-based solar stills at the peak of Mount Tochal
nearly 4000 m and city of Tehran during four consecutive days in July 2018 for the first time …

Potential and challenges of improving solar still by micro/nano-particles and porous materials-A review

G Peng, SW Sharshir, Y Wang, M An, D Ma… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar still (SS), being one of the convenient solar desalination systems, has been widely
studied in terms of their productivity, efficiency, and economics during the last decades …

Experimental and water quality analysis of solar stills with vertical and inclined fins

H Panchal, D Mevada, KK Sadasivuni, FA Essa… - Groundwater for …, 2020 - Elsevier
The main aim of the present work is to see the effect of vertical and inclined fins on the yield
of solar still. Three same size solar stills have been used to carry out research work in …

Experimental assessment of new designed stepped solar still with Fe3O4+ graphene oxide+ paraffin as nanofluid under constant magnetic field

SSA Toosi, HR Goshayeshi, I Zahmatkesh… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Access to fresh water is one of the most vital needs of human society. The use of solar
energy as free and available energy in solar desalination can meet this important need. A …

Comprehensive parametric analysis, sizing, and performance evaluation of a tubular direct contact membrane desalination system driven by heat pipe-based solar …

SA El-Agouz, AR Abd Elbar, AM Aboghazala… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Feed seawater heating is one of the crucial bottlenecks in membrane desalination (MD)
systems. The interest of usage solar energy techniques for feed seawater preheating in MD …

Graphite powder mixed with black paint on the absorber plate of the solar still to enhance yield: An experimental investigation

H Panchal, KK Sadasivuni, AAA Ahmed, SS Hishan… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The main goal of present article is to see how adding graphite powder and black paint to the
absorber plate can increase solar still yield. Therefore, two identical in size solar stills called …

Fractional modeling for enhancing the thermal performance of conventional solar still using hybrid nanofluid: energy and exergy analysis

EF El-Gazar, WK Zahra, H Hassan, SI Rabia - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel fractional model based on the Riemann Liouville fractional derivative to simulate the
thermal performance of conventional solar still and show the effect of using hybrid nanofluid …