...S. Moreno; J. F. Hinojosa; V. M. Maytorena; J. M. A. Navarro; A. Vazquez-Ruiz The current work reports a numerical investigation of the water produced and thermal performance of a solar still (SS). Using a SS for desalination is a proposal for low-income remote communities needing potable water...

... 2022 18 08 2022 composite energy storage solar still desalination beach sand paraffin wax clean energy The healthy life of human beings necessitates recommended consumption of clean water, which is indispensable. The availability of clean drinking water is rapidly dwindling due...

...Tapan Dave; Shankar Krishnan In the present work, a solar humidifier suitable for solar thermal energy-driven humidification–dehumidification desalination has been proposed and experimentally investigated. The proposed solar humidifier compacts the solar heater and humidifier into a single...

... as a solar desalination system. Fig. 4 Hourly variation of global solar radiation and ambient temperature during experimentation for typical days in the month of Apr. 2017 Emails: piyushpal19@gmail.com ; rme1454@mnnit.ac.in Email: rahuldsurya@mnnit.ac.in Contributed by the Solar...

...Van-Thoai Nguyen; Wei-Cheng Hung; Tsung-Chieh Cheng; Te-Hua Fang An integrated desalination system with a combination of electrical heating by power supply and solar heating by Fresnel lens with the sun tracking system was investigated in this study. The experiments were carried out under...

... production, and the reverse osmosis (RO) desalination system is incorporated for producing fresh water. The presently developed system is analyzed through thermodynamic energy and exergy approaches. The energetic efficiency of the integrated trigeneration system is determined to be 45.3%, and the exergetic...

.... The obtained results show that the proposed combined novel thermal plant for fresh water and electric power production is superior to existing desalination plants because of the following points: (1) It is self-sufficient regarding the electric power. (2) Part of the fresh water is obtained...

... A model for calculation and optimization of seawater desalination process is presented. In this process, temperature difference between the upper and the lower strata of the ocean is utilized in producing fresh water, by evaporating the warm surface seawater at a reduced pressure and then condensing...

... = reference condition Reference [1] Abu-Arabi , M. , Zurigat , Y. , Al-Hinai , H. , and Al-Hiddabi , S. , 2002 , “ Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Solar Desalination Unit With Double-Glass Cover Cooling ,” Desalination , 143 , pp. 173 – 182 . 10.1016/S0011-9164(02)00238-2...

... to experimentally simulate the proposed desalination system. Fig. 3 Process and instrumentation diagram of experimental unit Experiments were carried out indoors to simplify operation and reduce maintenance; therefore, solar heating and passive vacuum generation were simulated using an electric heater...

...Massimo Moser; Franz Trieb; Jürgen Kern; Houda Allal; Nicolas Cottret; Jürgen Scharfe; Marie-Luise Tomasek; Enrico Savoldi Within the MED-CSD project, feasibility studies of integrated hybrid concentrating solar power (CSP) and seawater desalination (DES) plants were carried out in selected...

...Edward K. Summers; John H. Lienhard, V; Syed M. Zubair Relative to solar water heaters, solar air heaters have received relatively little investigation and have resulted in few commercial products. However, in the context of a humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination cycle, air heating...

...Julián Blanco; Diego Alarcón; Elena Guillén; Wolfgang Gernjak Water scarcity is a global problem that will be of capital importance during the first half of this century, when seawater desalination will often be the only way to achieve sustainable development. Despite significant energy efficiency...

...Mohammad Abutayeh; D. Yogi Goswami Experimental simulations of a sustainable desalination process have been carried out using a pilot unit. Experiments were conducted at analogous conditions to simplify design evaluation but with different values of the controlling variables to enhance analysis...

...Mohammad Abutayeh; D. Yogi Goswami A new desalination scheme has been proposed. The system consists of a saline water tank, a concentrated brine tank, and a fresh water tank placed on ground level plus an evaporator and a condenser located several meters above the ground. The evaporator-condenser...

...Lidia Roca; Luis J. Yebra; Manuel Berenguel; Diego C. Alarcón-Padilla Desalination plants play a fundamental role in the fight against fresh water shortage in places with seawater availability. On the other hand, optimization of industrial processes is an important goal in order to increase...

...Yousif A. Abakr, Member ASME; Ahmad F. Ismail Solar desalination is an ideal source of fresh water for both drinking and agriculture. A lot of research was conducted on solar desalination systems, but most of the available systems have low production, are expensive, and are not reliable for long...

...S. Al-Kharabsheh; D. Yogi Goswami Theoretical analysis of a solar desalination system utilizing an innovative new concept, which uses low-grade solar heat, is presented. The system utilizes natural means of gravity and atmospheric pressure to create a vacuum, under which liquid can be evaporated...

...; in 1986 became the first solar pond electric power generating facility in the United States; and in 1987 became the nation’s first experimental solar pond powered water desalting facility. Currently, the major research at El Paso Solar Pond is focused on desalination and brine management technologies...

...K. B. Franc¸a; H. M. Laborde; H. Neff A small scale solar powered desalination system has been designed, analyzed, and optimized with regard to power needs and energy consumption. Both quantities scale linearly with the concentration of the total dissolved salt concentration (TDS) in the feed...