Carbonized balsa wood-based photothermal evaporator for treating inorganic chemical wastewater.

Solar desalination provides a sustainable and eco-friendly solution for purifying wastewater, addressing environmental challenges associated with wastewater treatment. This study focuses on the purification of inorganic contaminants from laboratory chemical wastewater (ICWW) using a spherical solar still (SSS). To enhance the evaporation rate and overcome the impact of heavy metals on absorption efficiency, a carbonized balsa wood (CBW) solar evaporator was employed.

Efficient solar desalination for clean water production from different wastewaters.

Solar energy is one of the sustainable sources for many fruitful applications. Desalination of wastewater by solar power is a priority research focus and has attracted many researchers and scientists world-wide. However, handling industrial and other wastewater is typically a challenging task for effective treatment and re-use.

Optimization of bamboo-based photothermal interfacial solar evaporator for enhancing water purification.

Although solar desalination is a promising approach for obtaining freshwater, its practical application encounters challenges in achieving efficient photothermal evaporation. Recent research has focused on novel configurations of solar absorbers with unique structural features that can minimize heat loss. High-efficiency interfacial solar steam generation (SSG) can be achieved by optimizing the design of the absorber to harness incident heat energy on the top interfacial surface and ensuring a continuous water supply through microchannels.

Thermo-economic comparison of single basin and stacked solar still configurations.

Owing to the low productivity per unit area of a single basin solar still, a stacked solar still configuration which has two basins stacked together has gained popularity due to its increased output for the same area. This paper delivers a detailed comparison between single basin and stacked solar still configurations based on thermodynamic and economic analysis. A single slope single basin and double basin solar still of same base area of 0.

Solar distillation meets the real world: a review of solar stills purifying real wastewater and seawater.

Solar energy-driven evaporation-based freshwater production is one of the sustainable ways to purify contaminated/salty water. Recent advances in solar absorbers' assemblies, design modifications, and integrations with heating sources improved the rate of freshwater productivity. However, the type of feed water affects the evaporation rate in a solar desalination system (SDS).

Effects of solar geometry and operation period on stability of solar desalination systems: a review.

The sun is the primary source of life on the earth. The heating effect of the sun provides a more fruitful environment for mankind. In addition, solar energy in the form of thermal radiation has been utilized for solar thermal applications and space heating.

Performance amelioration of single basin solar still integrated with V- type concentrator: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis.

Solar desalination is one of the most sustainable solutions to produce freshwater from brackish water. The present research work aims to experimentally investigate the effect of a V-shape concentrator integrated with solar still (SS). The V-shape concentrator integrated with the conventional solar still (CSS) is used to supply the saline water at elevated temperature to the basin of SS, which augments the freshwater yield compared to CSS.

Effect of air flow on tubular solar still efficiency.

Background: An experimental work was reported to estimate the increase in distillate yield for a compound parabolic concentrator-concentric tubular solar still (CPC-CTSS). The CPC dramatically increases the heating of the saline water. A novel idea was proposed to study the characteristic features of CPC for desalination to produce a large quantity of distillate yield.