Solar Desalination of Water
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Over the years, the emergence of pesticides practice has prevailed to be the most intricate environmental turmoil amongst the scientific community. Specifically, pesticides constitute an accumulative, persistent and detrimental impact... more
—The provision of fresh water is becoming an increasingly important issue in the world, in arid and semi-arid regions, as southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Central Asian countries and several areas in North and South... more
The present work highlights the importance of using the Fresnel lens technique to enhance the productivity of a conventional solar still (CSS). In this regard, the effect of using Fresnel lenses to improve the productivity of a CSS is... more
Recently, the world starts to suffer from the shortage of fresh water, in which it effect the survivor of people in many countries which cannot afford the costs of desalinate seawater. More than 50,000 children die every year from the... more
Desalination plays critical role in filling the gap between fresh water demand and availability in water scarce Sultanate of Oman since 1976. Installed desalination capacity in the country has almost increased by 60 times that in 1976... more
Jordan is one of the ten most water scarce countries in the world. In 2014, the share of water per capita per year in Jordan is 120 Cubic Meters (m 3). The water deficit is estimated to be 160 Million Cubic Meter (MCM) in 2015. This... more
This work presents an experimental investigation of the performance of a HDH system operated by heat pump. The novel heat pump system provides the necessary heating for the humidifier and cooling for the dehumidifier of the HDH system.... more
The objectives of the present work are preparation and development of digital maps of pilot areas of solar desalination potentiality as an adaptation tool for climate change impacts on the water resources in Egypt
Solar distillation is one of the oldest and simplest technologies for desalination of salty water using renewable energy, namely solar energy, and the main problem of solar distillers is the low freshwater yield in contrast to the amount... more
En el proceso de desalinización del agua de mar para la producción de agua dulce se genera una gran cantidad de salmuera de rechazo que descargada directamente al mar puede causar daños ambientales significantes por la alta concentración... more
Desalination is one of the most traditional processes to generate potable Water. With the rise in demand for potable water and paucity of fresh water resources, this process has gained special importance. Conventional thermal desalination... more
Humidification-dehumidification is a carrier gas based thermal technique that is ideal for small-scale water desalination applications. One advantage of humidification-dehumidification systems is the ability to utilize low grade and... more
This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with... more
This paper presents an overview of using solar energy in running desalination systems, called solar desalination. Solar energy can be converted directly to electric energy, which can operate electrically driven desalting systems such as... more
Desalination plays a critical role in filling the gap between freshwater demand and availability in water-scarce Sultanate of Oman since 1976. Installed desalination capacity in the country has almost increased by 60 times that in 1976... more
This paper tackles an optimization approach in order to boost the fresh water production of a new design of a solar still which is lo- cated at Sfax engineering national school in Tunisia. This optimization approach is based upon the... more
Membrane distillation (MD) is a developing thermally driven membrane desalination technology that has been applied in four different basic configurations. In membrane distillation, a hot, saline feed stream is passed over a hydrophobic... more
A B S T R A C T Being a basic element for the every existence of any form of life on earth, water is one of the most abundant resources on earth, covering three-fourth of the planet's surface. However, there is a shortage of freshwater in... more
The coupling of a double-effect absorption heat pump and a multi-effect distillation unit was demonstrated at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (CIEMAT), Spain, within a solar desalination research project. Improvements that were identified... more
Desalination technologies and industry have advanced significantly in the past two decades to meet the growing freshwater demands stimulated by the compounding issues of both water quality and quantity in many regions of the world. As... more
Solar power plant is dependent on the transformation of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaic (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Photovoltaic’s a simple and elegant method of harnessing the sun's... more
The world’s energy markets rely heavily on the fossil fuels coal, petroleum crude oil, and natural gas as sources of thermal energy; gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels; and chemicals. Since millions of years are required to form fossil... more
—The provision of fresh water is becoming an increasingly important issue in the world, in arid and semi-arid regions, as southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Central Asian countries and several areas in North and South... more
The experimental modifications were carried out into the conventional solar still, considerably increasing the distillate water productivity. The effects of using different types of nanomaterials on the performance of solar still were... more
This paper investigates the feasibility of using solar energy coupled to reverse osmosis (RO) units for the desalination of brackish water in the Jordan Valley, the food basket for the West Bank, Palestine. Pilot-scale RO units are... more
Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermally driven membrane Separation technique that is used for water desalination by separating water vapor from feed salty/brackish water using micro-porous hydrophobic membrane. Comprehensive... more
In this study, exergo-economic analysis of two layouts of humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination systems driven by a vapor compression heat pump (HP) is presented and discussed. The systems are closed-air open-water... more
A B S T R A C T Water scarcity is a problem in remote locations, and producing fresh water in remote areas is an expensive process. The objective is to evaluate the optimum PV system to power BWRO desalination system that can produce 60 m... more
Drought and scarcity of water resources require innovative and sustainable solutions to secure water availability for poor people. Choice of solar energy for desalination is a promising and sustainable cost-effective alternative for... more
This research is intended to design and manufacture a multilayer solar distiller at a promising cost. The solar distiller manufactured has the same design as simple water distillers, which are based on the principle of evaporation and... more
Solar desalination is a rapidly growing field of research. The coming global oil crisis implies that alternatives to the conventional desalination plants based on fossil fuels must be developed. Solar desalination can be either direct,... more
In the world, demand of portable fresh water is increasing day by day because of population explosion all over the world, greater industrial development, expansion of agricultural activities and climate change. The available underground... more