References
- Arunkumar, T., R. Jayaprakash, D. Denkenberger, A. Ahsan, M. S. Okundamiya, H. Tanaka, H. Ş. Aybar, and H. Ş. Aybar. 2012. An experimental study on a hemispherical solar still. DES 286:342–48. Elsevier B.V. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2011.11.047.
- Boubekri, M., and A. Chaker. 2011. Yield of an Improved Solar Still: Numerical Approach. Energy Procedia 6:610–17. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.05.070.
- Delyannis, E. 2003. Historic background of desalination and renewable energies. Solar Energy 75 (5):357–66. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2003.08.002.
- Dhiman, N. K. 1988. Transient analysis of a spherical solar still. Desalination 69 (1):47–55. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-9164(88)80005-5.
- Dumka, P., and D. R. Mishra. 2018. Energy and exergy analysis of conventional and modified solar still integrated with sand bed earth: study of heat and mass transfer. Desalination 437(February):15–25. Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.02.026.
- Dumka, P., Y. Kushwah, A. Sharma, and D. R. Mishra. 2019a. Comparative Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of Single Slope Solar Still Augmented with Permanent Magnets and Conventional Solar Still. Desalination 459(December 2018):34–45. Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2019.02.012.
- Elashmawy, M. 2019. Effect of surface cooling and tube thickness on the performance of a high temperature standalone tubular solar still. Applied Thermal Engineering 156:276–86. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.04.068.
- Jani, H. K., and K. V. Modi. 2019. Experimental performance evaluation of single basin dual slope solar still with circular and square cross-sectional hollow fins. Solar Energy 179:186–94. Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.12.054.
- Kabeel, A. E., M. A. Teamah, M. Abdelgaied, and G. B. Abdel Aziz. 2017. Modified pyramid solar still with V-Corrugated absorber plate and PCM as a thermal storage medium. Journal of Cleaner Production 161:881–87. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.195.
- Kumar, A., A. Siva, A. Aruna Kumari, and S. Hussain. 2021c. A brief review on high-performance nano materials in solar desalination. Materials Today: Proceedings 44:282–88. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.09.466.
- Kumar, A., B. Mary, A. Siva, and A. Aruna Kumari. 2021a. Influence of aluminium parabolic fins as energy absorption material in the solar distillation system. Materials Today: Proceedings 44:2521–25. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.12.603.
- Kumar, A., J. Sri Ganesh, A. Siva, and A. Aruna Kumari. 2021d. An overview on hydrogel materials for solar desalination. Materials Today: Proceedings 44:2526–32. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.12.604.
- Kumar, A., V. Rajaranadher, A. Siva, S. Hussain, and A. Aruna Kumari. 2021b. Energy and exergy analysis of double slope solar still with aluminium truncated conic fins. Materials Today: Proceedings 45:5387–94. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.02.047.
- Madhu, B., E. Balasubramanian, P. K. Nagarajan, A. E. Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, K. T. Arunkumar, and D. Mageshbabu. 2017. Improving the yield of fresh water from conventional and stepped solar still with different nanofluids. Desalination and Water Treatment 100:243–49. doi:https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2017.21279.
- Mary, B., A. K. Kaviti, and A. S. Ram. 2021. Simulation study on effect of fin geometry on solar still. Singapore: Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1119-3_19.
- Modi, K. V., and J. G. Modi. 2019. Performance of single-slope double-basin solar stills with small pile of wick materials. Applied Thermal Engineering 149(June 2018):723–30. Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.12.071.
- Morad, M. M., H. A. M. El-maghawry, and K. I. Wasfy. 2015. Improving the double slope solar still performance by using fl at-plate solar collector and cooling glass cover. DES 373:1–9. Elsevier B.V. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2015.06.017.
- Mu, L., X. Xuesong, T. Williams, C. Debroux, R. C. Gomez, Y. H. Park, H. Wang, K. Kota, X. Pei, and S. Kuravi. 2019. Enhancing the performance of a single-basin single-slope solar still by using fresnel lens: experimental study. Journal of Cleaner Production 239:118094. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118094.
- Nayi, K. H., and K. V. Modi. 2018. Pyramid solar still: a comprehensive review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 81 (December 2016):136–48. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.07.004.
- Omara, Z. M., A. E. Kabeel, and M. M. Younes. 2014. Enhancing the stepped solar still performance using internal and external reflectors. Energy Conversion and Management 78:876–81. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2013.07.092.
- Panchal, H. N. 2010. Experimental analysis of different absorber plates on performance of double slope solar still. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology 2 (11):6626–29.
- Pounraj, P., D. Prince Winston, A. E. Kabeel, B. Praveen Kumar, A. Muthu Manokar, R. Sathyamurthy, and S. Cynthia Christabel. 2018. Experimental investigation on peltier based hybrid pv/t active solar still for enhancing the overall performance. Energy Conversion and Management 168(December 2017):371–81. Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.011.
- Ram, S., A. Kumar, T. Arunkumar, and V. Singh. 2021. Progress on suspended nanostructured engineering materials powered solar distillation- a review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 143(June 2020):110848. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.110848.
- Saadi, Z., A. Rahmani, S. Lachtar, and H. Soualmi. 2018. performance evaluation of a new stepped solar still under the desert climatic conditions. Energy Conversion and Management 171(June):1749–60. Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.06.114.
- Sarray, Y., N. Hidouri, A. Mchirgui, and A. B. Brahim. 2017. Study of heat and mass transfer phenomena and entropy rate of humid air inside a passive solar still. Desalination 409:80–95. Elsevier B.V. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.01.009.
- Sathyamurthy, R., H. J. Kennady, P. K. Nagarajan, and A. Ahsan. 2014. Factors affecting the performance of triangular pyramid solar still. DES 344:383–90. Elsevier B.V. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.04.005.
- Sathyamurthy, R., P. K. Nagarajan, S. A. El-agouz, V. Jaiganesh, and P. Sathish Khanna. 2015. Experimental investigation on a semi-circular trough-absorber solar still with baffles for fresh water production. Energy Conversion and Management 97:235–42. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.03.052.
- Sivakumar, V., E. Ganapathy Sundaram, and M. Sakthivel. 2015. Investigation on the effects of heat capacity on the theoretical analysis of single slope passive solar still. Desalination and Water Treatment 2016 (July):1–13. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1026284.
- Thirugnanasambantham, A., J. Rajan, A. Ahsan, and V. Kumar. 2013. Effect of Air Flow on Tubular Solar Still efficiency. Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering 10 (31):1–7. doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1735-2746-10-31.
- Velmurugan, V., K. J. Naveen Kumar, T. Noorul Haq, and K. Srithar. 2009. Performance analysis in stepped solar still for effluent desalination. Energy 34(9):1179–86. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2009.04.029.
- Vishwanath Kumar, P., A. Kumar, O. Prakash, and A. K. Kaviti. 2015. Solar stills system design: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 51:153–81. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.103.
- Xie, G., L. Sun, T. Yan, J. Tang, J. Bao, and D. Min. 2018. Model development and experimental verification for tubular solar still operating under vacuum condition. Energy 157:115–30. Elsevier Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.05.130.
- Yadav, Y. P., and B. P. Yadav. 1998. Transient analytical solution of a solar still integrated with a tubular solar energy collector. Energy Conversion and Management 39 (9):927–30. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-8904(97)10025-5.