A review on PCM and nanofluid for various productivity enhancement methods for double slope solar still: Future challenge and current water issues

A Sangeetha, S Shanmugan, AJ Alrubaie, MM Jaber… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Rising demands for drinking fresh water for industrial and domestic applications are a
growing concern globally. Solar water distillation using solar energy is a practical approach …

Current progress in integrated solar desalination systems: Prospects from coupling configurations to energy conversion and desalination processes

SM Shalaby, FA Hammad, ME Zayed - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the recent advances in solar-powered water desalination systems are reviewed
in detail. The recently published designs of solar-powered desalination systems such as …

Water distillation tower: Experimental investigation, economic assessment, and performance prediction using optimized machine-learning model

AH Elsheikh, EMS El-Said, M Abd Elaziz, M Fujii… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Here we present a new compact design of a vertical water distillation tower based on solar
stills. The experimental setup consisted of a vertical tower with five water trays, supported by …

A coupled artificial neural network with artificial rabbits optimizer for predicting water productivity of different designs of solar stills

AO Alsaiari, EB Moustafa, H Alhumade… - … in Engineering Software, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a coupled multi-layer perceptrons (MLP) model with an artificial rabbits
optimizer (ARO) is developed to predict the water productivity of different designs of solar …

Enhancement and prediction of a stepped solar still productivity integrated with paraffin wax enriched with nano-additives

E Banoqitah, R Sathyamurthy, EB Moustafa… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the emhancement of thermophysical properties of paraffin wax
using Silver nanoparticles and to study the feasibility of its application in a stepped solar still …

Machine learning-based prediction and augmentation of dish solar distiller performance using an innovative convex stepped absorber and phase change material …

A Bamasag, FA Essa, ZM Omara, E Bahgat… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As well known, the solar distiller is one of the introduced solutions to the freshwater shortage
problem, but it is demerited by the low freshwater output. In this paper, a design modification …

Aspects of energy, exergy, economy, and environment for performance evaluation of modified spherical solar still with rotating ball and phase change material

FA Essa - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores advancements in solar distillation, introducing a modified spherical solar
still with a rotating ball to overcome traditional limitations of low productivity. The study …

Novel design of double slope solar distiller with prismatic absorber basin, linen wicks, and dual parallel spraying nozzles: experimental investigation and energic …

ME Zayed, A Kamal, MR Diab, FA Essa, OL Muskens… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing the evaporation zone inside the solar distiller (SD) is a pivotal method for
augmenting its freshwater production. Hence, in this work, a newly designed prismatic …

Experimental study of a hemispherical solar distillation system with and without rock salt balls as low-cost sensible storage: Performance optimization and comparative …

MEH Attia, AE Kabeel, ME Zayed, M Abdelgaied… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The significant heat losses from the solar distillers are the essential bottlenecks for their
deprived performance. Minimization of the heat losses of the solar distillers by utilizing …

[HTML][HTML] Performance enhancement and economic analysis of pyramid solar still with corrugated absorber plate and conventional solar still: A case study

E Ghandourah, H Panchal, O Fallatah… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar energy is utilized to convert brackish or saline water into drinking water in solar stills.
Recent years have seen a lot of attention paid to developing new designs for solar stills to …