[HTML][HTML] Methods used to improve solar still performance with generated turbulence for water desalination-detailed review

AS Abdullah, H Panchal, WH Alawee, ZM Omara - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In everyday living, the need for fresh water is crucial. The most pressing problem in
developing nations is the ongoing lack of access to clean water. In many ways, the solar still …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A new optimized artificial neural network model to predict thermal efficiency and water yield of tubular solar still

EB Moustafa, AH Hammad, AH Elsheikh - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tubular solar still is a simple light-weight desalination unit with a large condensing surface
compared with other types of solar stills. Regrettably, it suffers from the low water yield like …

Utilization of LSTM neural network for water production forecasting of a stepped solar still with a corrugated absorber plate

AH Elsheikh, VP Katekar, OL Muskens… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study introduces a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network model to forecast the
freshwater yield of a stepped solar still and a conventional one. The stepped solar still was …

[HTML][HTML] Productivity forecasting of solar distiller integrated with evacuated tubes and external condenser using artificial intelligence model and moth-flame optimizer

AH Elsheikh, H Panchal, M Ahmadein… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims at developing an artificial intelligence model to forecast the water yield of a
modified solar distiller integrated with evacuated tubes and an external condenser. The …

Enhancing the wick solar still performance using half barrel and corrugated absorbers

MM Younes, AS Abdullah, FA Essa, ZM Omara… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of tilted wick solar stills including new absorber configurations have been
investigated. Four solar stills are built, the first one is flat wick solar still (FWSS), the second …

Effect of dual surface cooling of solar photovoltaic panel on the efficiency of the module: experimental investigation

EB Agyekum, S PraveenKumar, NT Alwan, VI Velkin… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy is one of the most widely used renewable energy options
around the world. However, its electrical efficiency drops with increasing PV module …

[HTML][HTML] Performance improvement of solar distiller using hang wick, reflectors and phase change materials enriched with nano-additives

WS AbuShanab, AH Elsheikh, EI Ghandourah… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of using nano-based thermal storage material filled into trapezoidal hang wick in a
pyramid solar distiller is under study. The study underwent three stages of examination; after …

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 …

Experimental investigation of the effect of a combination of active and passive cooling mechanism on the thermal characteristics and efficiency of solar PV module

EB Agyekum, S PraveenKumar, NT Alwan, VI Velkin… - Inventions, 2021 - mdpi.com
A photovoltaic (PV) module's electrical efficiency depends on the operating temperature of
the cell. Electrical efficiency reduces with increasing PV module temperature which is one of …