Sustainable solutions in the era of water scarcity: Multi-basin solar still innovations
This study addresses the urgent challenge of clean water scarcity in the era of sustainability by investigating advanced multi-basin solar stills with stepped configurations designed to enhance water yield and thermal efficiency. Traditional single basin designs often fall short in productivity and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Desalination and Water Treatment |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1944398625002103 |
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| Summary: | This study addresses the urgent challenge of clean water scarcity in the era of sustainability by investigating advanced multi-basin solar stills with stepped configurations designed to enhance water yield and thermal efficiency. Traditional single basin designs often fall short in productivity and thermal performance, which this research overcomes through geometric innovations such as fins, corrugated surfaces, and compartmental structures. Six basin configurations were tested, revealing that the compartmental basin with fins achieved the highest productivity of 27.8 liters over 12 hours, a 124 % improvement compared to the plain single basin and 26 % higher yield than the corrugated basin with fins. Adding fins to corrugated and compartmental basins further increased productivity by 40 % and 41 %, respectively. These advanced designs align with the sustainability goals of this era, demonstrating significant cost-effectiveness and environmental benefits, including a 70 % energy utilization efficiency and carbon emissions reduction of up to 320 kg CO₂/year. The findings emphasize the transformative potential of innovative basin configurations in revolutionizing solar desalination systems to meet the pressing water needs of a growing global population while adhering to sustainable development objectives. |
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| ISSN: | 1944-3986 |