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Enhancement of hemispherical solar still productivity using iron, zinc and copper trays
Mohammed El Hadi Attia,Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Mohamed Abdelgaied,Fadl A. Essa,Z.M. Omara +5 more
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In this paper, a hemispherical solar still with different metal trays (copper, zinc, and iron) painted with black was studied experimentally, and the results showed that the accumulative yield reached to 4.8 kg/m2/day.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 2021-03-01. It has received 76 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar still.read more
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Experimental investigation of convex tubular solar still performance using wick and nanocomposites
Fadl A. Essa,Wissam H. Alawee,Suha A. Mohammed,Hayder A. Dhahad,A.S. Abdullah,A.S. Abdullah,Z.M. Omara +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new convex absorber was used for the first time instead of the flat plate absorber to increase the vaporization and exposure surface areas inside the solar still.
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Experimental enhancement of tubular solar still performance using rotating cylinder, nanoparticles' coating, parabolic solar concentrator, and phase change material
F.A. Essa,A.S. Abdullah,Wissam H. Alawee,Ali AlArjani,Umar F. Alqsair,S. Shanmugan,Z.M. Omara,M.M. Younes +7 more
TL;DR: In this article , the performance of the tubular solar still with rotating drum using nanoparticles' coating, parabolic solar concentrator (PSC), and phase change material (PCM) was investigated.
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Utilization of ensemble random vector functional link network for freshwater prediction of active solar stills with nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this article, an ensemble Random Vector Functional Link Networks (EnsRVFL) was proposed to predict the yield of active solar stills with nanoparticles, which showed the outperformance of the proposed model over standalone RVFL.
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Enhancing the solar still performance via rotating wick belt and quantum dots nanofluid
Fadl A. Essa,Z.M. Omara,A.S. Abdullah,A.S. Abdullah,Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Gamal B. Abdelaziz +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, two designs of rotating wick solar stills are investigated under the same operating conditions, and the effect of using quantum dots nanofluid on the performance of LC-RWSS is studied.
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Augmenting the productivity of stepped distiller by corrugated and curved liners, CuO/paraffin wax, wick, and vapor suctioning
Fadl A. Essa,Z.M. Omara,A.S. Abdullah,Sengottiyan Shanmugan,Hitesh Panchal,Abd Elnaby Kabeel,Ravishankar Sathyamurthy,Muthu Manokar Athikesavan,Ammar H. Elsheikh,Mohamed Abdelgaied,B. Saleh +10 more
TL;DR: The experimental results revealed that using the corrugated and curved liners increased the productivity of the modified stepped solar still (MSSS) by 42% and 33% and vapor suction by 95%, 127%, and 170%, respectively.
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Experimental methods for engineers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present basic concepts and analysis of experimental data for basic electrical measurements and sensors, including Displacement and Area Measurements, Pressure Measurement, Flow Measurement and Temperature Measurement.
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Performance study on basin type double slope solar still with different wick materials and minimum mass of water
K. Kalidasa Murugavel,K. Srithar +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a double slope solar still with mild steel plate was fabricated and tested with minimum mass of water and different wick materials like light cotton cloth, sponge sheet, coir mate and waste cotton pieces in the basin.
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Solar still productivity enhancement
TL;DR: Using black rubber or black gravel materials within a single sloped solar still as a storage medium is examined in this article, and the experimental results showed that using black gravel of 20-30 mm size improves the productivity by 19% at the conditions of 20 l/m2 brine volume and 15° of glass cover angle.
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Experimental evaluation of a single-basin solar still using different absorbing materials
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of using different absorbing materials in a solar still, and thus enhancing the productivity of water, was studied, and it was shown that using an absorbing black rubber mat increased the daily water productivity by 38%. Using black ink increased it by 45%.
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Monthly performance of passive and active solar stills for different Indian climatic conditions
Harinder Singh,G.N. Tiwari +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of passive and active solar stills for different Indian climatic conditions was evaluated for hourly variations of average insolation at the Chennai, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi stations.