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 …

Hierarchical Engineering of Sorption‐Based Atmospheric Water Harvesters

Y Song, M Zeng, X Wang, P Shi, M Fei… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting water from air in sorption‐based devices is a promising solution to decentralized
water production, aiming for providing potable water anywhere, anytime. This technology …

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] A high-performing single-stage invert-structured solar water purifier through enhanced absorption and condensation

F Wang, N Xu, W Zhao, L Zhou, P Zhu, X Wang, B Zhu… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Interfacial solar vapor generation is an emerging technology for producing purified water
with a minimized carbon footprint. While the evaporation rate has been significantly …

A thermodynamic review on solar stills

A Saxena, E Cuce, AE Kabeel, M Abdelgaied, V Goel - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The supply and quality of water is still a problem in undeveloped or developing nations.
Researchers from different countries have developed various distillation or desalination …

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 …

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 …

Impact of utilizing hollow copper circular fins and glass wool insulation on the performance enhancement of pyramid solar still unit: an experimental approach

MJR Asadabadi, M Sheikholeslami - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Desalination of salt and contaminated water, which is widely used in remote areas, is difficult
due to high construction and maintenance costs. So, solar still units by using a free energy …

Experimental and numerical investigations with environmental impacts of affordable square pyramid solar still

H Al-Madhhachi, GF Smaisim - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a square pyramid solar still is designed, fabricated and tested during
recommended days at the four seasons of Al Kufa climatic conditions (elevation is 30 m and …

Combined influence of fin, phase change material, wick, and external condenser on the thermal performance of a double slope solar still

SS Tuly, MS Rahman, MRI Sarker, RA Beg - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the enhancement of potable water productivity of an active double
slope modified solar still (SS) considering the combined effect of solid rectangular fin …