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Ben Hamida MB. Numerical analysis of tubular solar still with rectangular and cylindrical troughs for water production under vacuum. Journal of Taibah University for Science 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/16583655.2022.2159172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Mohamed Bechir Ben Hamida
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Research Laboratory of Ionized Backgrounds and Reagents Studies (EMIR), Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Monastir (IPEIM), University of Monastir, Monastir City, Tunisia
- Department of Physics, Higher School of Sciences and Technology of Hammam Sousse (ESSTHS), University of Sousse, Sousse City, Tunisia
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Gnanasekaran A, Rajaram K. Design and process parametric investigations on acrylic-based single slope solar still to enhance daily energy efficiency and productivity of water: an application to desalination and dye removal. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:121807-121822. [PMID: 37962758 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30995-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Solar-driven water desalination is growing quickly, typically using other renewable energy sources. However, its efficiency is heavily reliant on design and process parameters. The aim of this study is to experimentally investigate the impact of various design and process parameters on the performance of single slope solar still. Thus, a homemade solar still has been fabricated using acrylic sheet with a basin area of 0.25 × 0.25 m2 to carry out the experiments in Vellore, India (latitude 12.9692° N and longitude 79.1559° E). Additionally, this solar still setup is investigated using different absorbing plates (copper plate and copper plate with black coating), various glass cover angles (15°, 30° and 45°) and changing the wind speed (3 m/s, 3.5 m/s and 4 m/s) with help of electric fan. Daily energy efficiency and productivity of water are compared for the same basin area with different design and process parameters. From the results, daily energy efficiency and water productivity are improved with the increase of glass cover angle and wind speed. It is found that the best combination is copper plate with black coating, glass cover angle of 45° and wind speed of 4 m/s. This exhibits 34.09% in daily energy efficiency and 2640 ml/m2 in productivity of water. After the desalination process, the primary ions (Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+) of seawater are significantly reduced and satisfy the requirement of WHO standards. Subsequentially, dye removal is effectively achieved in the proposed solar still.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, India.
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Abdel-Aziz EA, Mansour TM, Dawood MMK, Ismail TM, Ramzy K. Exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic evaluations of conventional solar still using PCM and electric heater powered by solar energy: an experimental study. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:66135-66156. [PMID: 37097568 PMCID: PMC10182951 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26761-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Solar stills are used in distant and arid areas to convert brackish or salty water into potable water fit for human use in a simple, affordable, and effective manner. Even when PCM materials are used, typical solar systems still have minimal production per day. In this study, experimental tests were carried out in order to increase the performance of a single-slope solar still combined with PCM material (paraffin wax) and a solar-powered electric heater. Two identical single-slope solar stills were designed, fabricated, and tested under the same climatic conditions during the summer and spring seasons of 2021 in Al-Arish, Egypt. The first is a conventional solar still (CVSS), and the other is also a conventional still but with PCM and an electric heater (CVSSWPCM). Several parameters were measured during the experiments, including sun intensity, meteorological aspects, cumulative freshwater production, average glass, and water temperatures and PCM temperature. The improved solar still was evaluated at different operating temperatures and was compared to the conventional traditional one. There were four cases studied: one case without a heater (paraffin wax only) and three other cases with a heater operating at 58 °C, 60 °C, and 65 °C, respectively. The experimental results revealed that activating the heater inside the paraffin wax increased daily production (i) in the spring by 2.38, 2.66, and 3.1 times and (ii) and in the summer by 2.2, 2.39, and 2.67 times at the three above-mentioned temperatures respectively (when compared to the traditional still). In addition, the maximum rate of daily freshwater production was achieved at paraffin wax temperature of 65 °C in both spring and summer (Case 5). Finally, the economic evaluation of the modified solar still was carried out according to cost per litre. The modified solar still with a heater operating at 65 °C has a higher exergoeconomic value than the traditional one. The maximum CO2 mitigation in cases 1 and 5 was approximately 28 tons and 160 tons, respectively.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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Hilarydoss S. Techno-enviro-economic assessment of novel hybrid inclined-multi-effect vertical diffusion solar still for sustainable water distillation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:17280-17315. [PMID: 36194327 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23286-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A novel hybrid inclined-multi effect vertical diffusion (Hybrid I-MEVD) solar still has been proposed and its viability for sustainable water distillation has been assessed based on detailed techno-enviro-economic aspects. The optimum number of diffusion chambers and recommended diffusion gap of integrated MEVD still was estimated to be 4 and 0.01 m, respectively. Incorporation of the bottom reflector at yearly average optimum tilt angle enhanced yield by about 34.0 to 90.0%. Yearly average distillate yield, coefficient of performance, and exergy efficiency were about 21.35 kg/day, 1.05, and 10.44%, respectively. Net carbon-di-oxide, sulphur-di-oxide, and nitrogen oxide emission mitigation potential ranged between 37.02 to 65.05 tons, 266.20 to 467.71 kg and 108.73 to 191.04 kg, respectively. Global warming potential, acidification potential, photochemical oxidants creation potential, eutrophication potential, and human toxicity potential were about 67.25 kg of CO2/kL of distillate, 591.04 g of SO2/kL of distillate, 178.63 g of C2H4/kL of distillate, 23.22 g of PO4/kL of distillate, and 698.53 g of DCB/kL of distillate, respectively. The minimum distillate production cost was estimated to be about 13.3 USD/kL. High distillate production rate, minimal environmental footprint, and distillate production cost justify Hybrid I-MEVD still to be a sustainable option for potable water production in fresh water-starved regions.
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- Sharon Hilarydoss
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, 530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Vakili M, Salehi SA. A review of recent developments in the application of machine learning in solar thermal collector modelling. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:2406-2439. [PMID: 36399296 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24044-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Over the past few decades, the popularity of solar thermal collectors has increased dramatically because of many significant advantages like being a free, natural, environmentally friendly and permanent energy source. Today, developing and optimising different solar thermal energy systems are more important than before. Thus, there are various methods for investigating the performance of these systems, such as experimental, numerical and mathematical methods. One of the cutting-edge methods is artificial intelligence, which can predict key and effective parameters in solar collector efficiency. This review identified recent machine learning modelling, including multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP-ANN), group method of data handling (GMDH), radial basis function (RBF), artificial neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), support vector machine (SVM) and studies regarding different types of solar thermal collectors, namely non-concentration and concentration. Furthermore, it investigated the effect of various essential factors on the accuracy, potential issues and challenges facing the application of artificial intelligence in these systems. Finally, it will also be recommended opportunities for future research.
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- Masoud Vakili
- Graduate of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Physics and Energy Engineering Department, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Sharma GK, Mallick A, Sharma RK, Dobriyal R, Kumar N, Singh DB. An investigation on dissimilarity of mass flow rate and N on exergo-enviro-economic parameters for solar still of single slope type integrated with N similar PVT flat plate collectors having series connection. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:65842-65859. [PMID: 35488158 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20406-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This paper investigates analytically the effect of dissimilarity of mass flow rate [Formula: see text] and number of collectors (N) on exergo-enviro-economic parameters for solar still of single slope type integrated with N similar photovoltaic thermal flat plate collectors having series connection (NPVTFPC-SS) keeping water depth as 0.14 m. All four kinds of weather conditions for New Delhi have been taken for the computation of different parameters. All relevant equations obtained using energy balance equations for all components of the system have been fed to a computer code inscribed in MATLAB-2015a for computing different parameters. The computation of different relevant parameters has been performed for various values of [Formula: see text] and N while keeping water depth as constant to know the effect of variation of [Formula: see text] and N on exergo-enviro-economic parameters for NPVTFPC-SS. It has been concluded that the value of carbon credit earned, enviroeconomic and exegoeconomic parameters, and productivity diminishes with the enhancement in [Formula: see text] at given N. The optimum value of N for given value of [Formula: see text] has been found to be 10 from exergoeconomic parameter viewpoint and 6 from productivity viewpoint.
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- Gaurav Kumar Sharma
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
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- University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Bidholi, Premnagar, Dehradun, 248007, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to Be University, Bell Road, Clement Town, Dehradun, 248002, Uttarakhand, India
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- Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Plot No. 1, Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, G.B. Nagar, 201306, UP, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to Be University, Bell Road, Clement Town, Dehradun, 248002, Uttarakhand, India.
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Abdelgaied M, Seleem MF, Bassuoni MM. Recent technological advancements in membrane distillation and solar stills: preheating techniques, heat storage materials, and nanomaterials - a detailed review. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:38879-38898. [PMID: 35294688 PMCID: PMC9120123 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19625-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Freshwater and energy are critical components for the growth and progress of societies. The scarcity of freshwater and rapid population growth, especially in remote countries, has led to an urgent need to develop desalination technologies in order to raise its productivity and reduce its energy consumption rates. Membrane distillation is one of the effective methods characterized by its high productivity, but its disadvantage by higher electricity consumption. Also, solar stills are one of the sustainable and economical technologies, but the disadvantage by lower productivity. Accordingly, this manuscript dealt with a comprehensive review and detailed comparison of the most important modifications and innovations that were made to the design of the membrane distillation units, which aim to reduce electricity consumption rates, as well as the design of solar stills, which aims to maximize the productivity and efficiency. This was done by providing a detailed comparison of the most important three axes of modifications and innovations that were addressed by recent previous studies on the design of membrane distillation units and solar stills, and their statement as follows: preheating technology, use of the thermal storage materials, and nanomaterials technology. Finally, based on this review, the authors make some recommendations for future work in the field of solar and membrane desalination.
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- Mohamed Abdelgaied
- Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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