Thermal energy storage using phase change materials in building applications: A review of the recent development

SW Sharshir, A Joseph, M Elsharkawy, MA Hamada… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the buildings' heating and cooling needs are always growing during the cold and
warm months, respectively, the buildings' energy consumption has dramatically shot up. So …

Solar thermal feed preheating techniques integrated with membrane distillation for seawater desalination applications: Recent advances, retrofitting performance …

SA El-Agouz, ME Zayed, AMA Ghazala… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for seawater desalination, integrating
the advantages of both membrane segregation and thermal distillation. High energy …

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 …

Thermo-economic performance improvement of hemispherical solar still using wick material with V-corrugated basin and two different energy storage materials

SW Sharshir, MA Omara, G Elsisi, A Joseph… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar still is a developing solar desalination method that has been introduced to face the
shortage of freshwater with low energy consumption. However, this method is challenged by …

Thermoenviroeconomic performance augmentation of solar desalination unit integrated with wick, nanofluid, and different nano-based energy storage materials

SW Sharshir, MA Omara, A Joseph, AW Kandeal… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The current paper introduces conducted efforts to augment the thermo-enviroeconomic
characteristics of a hemispherical solar still (HSS) incorporating various improvements …

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 …

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 …

Performance evaluation of a modified pyramid solar still employing wick, reflectors, glass cooling and TiO2 nanomaterial

SW Sharshir, MA Rozza, M Elsharkawy, MM Youns… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work pyramid-shaped two solar still units were tested experimentally, one of them is a
traditional unit and the other is a modified pyramid solar still unit with wick material …

Experimental study on optimized using activated agricultural wastes at hemispherical solar still for different types of water

IM Elsawy, A Hamoda, SW Sharshir, A Khalil - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The subsequent work aims to improve freshwater production and reduce the cost of
generated water with little energy expenditure. Thermo-economic performance, hourly and …