Solar desalination

This paper investigates the annual performance of multi-effect desalination plant combined with a thermocompressor MED–TC driven by a solar steam generation plant. The desalination model is coupled with solar steam generation plant model to supply the necessary thermal energy to drive the desalinati

A new multi-effect solar desalination system based on humidification–and dehumidification (HDH) process was investigated experimentally in this paper. Several hourly yields with operation temperatures were tested and analyzed. The warm saline water is sprayed upon the porous ball humidifiers, which is

The energy–water nexus is addressed with the experimental demonstration of a solar-powered desalination process system. This system was designed for high-recovery treatment of subsurface agricultural drainage water as a reuse strategy as well as other brackish groundwater sources. These water source

The aim of this study is to investigate analytically and experimentally the effect of using an induced atmospheric air, water heaters, external reflector and weather condition on the performance augmentation of humidification– dehumidification (HDH) system. This novel HDH system is a modified solar stil

• We developed a portable solar-driven desalination system for producing potable water. • A stand-alone system which utilizes solar energy by combining PV/thermal collectors. • The system uses Vacuum-Multi Effect Membrane Distillation (V-MEMD) process. • We also reported some small-scale test result

In this paper, a small scale solar humidification–dehumidification (HDH) experimental setup based on a new kind of solar air heater with all-glass evacuated tubes is designed and tested. Firstly, a new kind of solar air heater with evacuated tubes is designed and tested for the solar HDH desalination

In this paper, we present a geometrical model to calculate the radiation reflected from an external reflector inclined backwards and then absorbed onto a basin liner of a basin type still. The effect of the inclination of the external reflector on the distillate productivity of the still with both t

This paper reveals the results of a study aimed at identifying the seasonal influence of dust deposition on a large field of evacuated tube collectors associated with a multiple-effect distillation plant on the performance of the plant. The system is located near the city of Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the

This paper presents a theoretical analysis of a one step azimuth tracking tilted-wick solar still with a vertical flat plate reflector. The still is assumed to be rotated manually just once a day at southing of the sun. We performed numerical analysis of heat and mass transfer in the still to determ

In this work, a humidification–dehumidification process is considered as an advanced technique to design and construct a solar water desalination system. In this system, the salt water is heated in a solar collector before flashing inside an insulated chamber to be evaporated and condensed naturally