Clean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Review
disinfection; distillation; experimental study; integrated approach; performance assessment; pollutant removal; rural area; severe acute respiratory syndrome; water temperature; water treatment
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my.uniten.dspace-268872023-05-29T17:37:34Z Clean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Review Yusof M.F. Zainol M.R.R.M.A. Sandu A.V. Riahi A. Zakaria N.A. Shaharuddin S. Aziz M.S.A. Noor N.M. Vizureanu P. Zawawi M.H. Ikhsan J. 37050433500 57193313971 57210666604 55812065900 25643674100 55927985200 36695908700 25221616600 16308136100 39162217600 55926014300 disinfection; distillation; experimental study; integrated approach; performance assessment; pollutant removal; rural area; severe acute respiratory syndrome; water temperature; water treatment The conventional solar still, as a water treatment technique, has been reported to produce water at a low working temperature where various thermal resistance pathogens could survive in their distillate. In this work, the reviews of previous research on the quality of water produced by passive solar stills and their productivities in initial basin water temperatures were first presented and discussed. The next review discussed some recent studies on the performances of small-scale solar stills integrated with SDCs (with and without sun-tracking systems (STSs)) to observe the operating temperatures from early hours until the end of operations, daily water yield, and cost per liter. Based on these findings, it was revealed that SDCs with STSs indicated an instant increase in the absorber water temperature up to 70 �C at the starting point of the experiments in which this temperature range marked the unbearable survival of the pathogenic organisms and viruses, particularly the recent SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, disinfection was also observed when the absorbers� water temperature reached beyond the boiling point until the end of operations. This indicates the effectiveness of SDCs with STS in reflecting a large amount of sun�s rays and heat to the small-scale absorbers and providing higher operating absorbers temperatures compared to immobile SDCs. Daily productivities and costs per liter of the SDCs with STSs were found to be higher and lower than those of the other previous passive and active solar stills. Therefore, it is recommended that small-scale absorbers integrated with SDCs and STS can be used as a cost-effective and reliable method to produce hygienic pathogen-free water for the communities in remote and rural areas which encounter water scarcity and abundant annual bright sunshine hours. � 2022 by the authors. Final 2023-05-29T09:37:34Z 2023-05-29T09:37:34Z 2022 Review 10.3390/su14095442 2-s2.0-85130193444 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130193444&doi=10.3390%2fsu14095442&partnerID=40&md5=b2bcc1eb06b8cb66935a3792d77d0330 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26887 14 9 5442 All Open Access, Gold MDPI Scopus |
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Clean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Review |
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Clean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Review |
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Clean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Review |
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Clean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Review |
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Clean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Review |
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clean water production enhancement through the integration of small-scale solar stills with solar dish concentrators (sdcs)�a review |
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