Self-floating nanostructured Ni–NiOx/Ni foam for solar thermal water evaporation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 8485-8490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dandan Wu ◽  
Dan Qu ◽  
Wenshuai Jiang ◽  
Ge Chen ◽  
Li An ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Thermal Water ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Water Evaporation ◽  
Ni Foam ◽  
Traditional Methods

Solar thermal water evaporation is a clean, sustainable, and energy-saving approach to fresh water generation compared with traditional methods.

scholarly journals Assembly of Janus complex with low-cost and salt rejection for solar-thermal water evaporation

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (32) ◽  
pp. 15551-15561
Author(s):  
Dingding Li ◽  
Qingxin Zhou ◽  
Gang Wang ◽  
Hang Zhao ◽  
Shenghua Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Water ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Water Evaporation ◽  
Salt Rejection

Solution Plasma-Synthesized Black TiO2 Nanoparticles for Solar–Thermal Water Evaporation

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 3940-3948
Author(s):  
Shilei Zhu ◽  
Zhehan Yu ◽  
Lihua Zhang ◽  
Seiichi Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Tio2 Nanoparticles ◽  
Thermal Water ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Water Evaporation ◽  
Black Tio2

Solar–Thermal Water Evaporation: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunsong Pang ◽  
Jiajia Zhang ◽  
Ruimin Ma ◽  
Zhiguo Qu ◽  
Eungkyu Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Water ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Water Evaporation

scholarly journals Recent Developments in Solar Thermal Desalination Technologies: A Review

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihsan Ullah ◽  
Mohammad Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Cost Comparison ◽  
Grid Infrastructure ◽  
The World ◽  
Thermal Desalination ◽  
Recent Developments

Fresh water resources are depleting rapidly as the water demand around the world continues to increase. Fresh water resources are also not equally distributed geographically worldwide. The best way to tackle this situation is to use solar energy for desalination to not only cater for the water needs of humanity, but also to offset some detrimental environmental effects of desalination. A comprehensive review of the latest literature on various desalination technologies utilizing solar energy is presented here. This paper also highlights the environmental impacts of desalination technologies along with an economic analysis and cost comparison of conventional desalination methods with different solar energy based technologies. This review is part of an investigation into integration of solar thermal desalination into existing grid infrastructure in the Australian context.

scholarly journals Seawater Desalination by Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation Method Using Plasmonic Heating Nanocomposites

Micromachines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 867
Author(s):  
Zhourui Xu ◽  
Nanxi Rao ◽  
Chak-Yin Tang ◽  
Wing-Cheung Law
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Water Evaporation ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Generation Efficiency ◽  
Vapor Generation ◽  
Sustainable Systems ◽  
Pva Gel ◽  
Simulated Solar Irradiation ◽  
Fresh Water Supply

With the ever-growing demand in fresh water supply, great efforts have been devoted to developing sustainable systems which could generate fresh water continuously. Solar vapor generation is one of the promising strategies which comprise an unlimited energy source and efficient solar-to-heat generators for overcoming fresh water scarcity. However, current solar vapor generation systems suffer either from inefficient utilization of solar energy or an expensive fabrication process. In this paper, we introduced a nano-plasmonic approach, i.e., a floatable nanocompoiste where copper sulfide nanorods (Cu2-xS NRs) are embedded in a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix, for solar-to-vapor generation. A high solar vapor generation efficiency of ~87% and water evaporation rate of 1.270 kg m−2 h−1 were achieved under simulated solar irradiation of 1 sun. With the illumination of natural daylight, seawater was purified using Cu2-xS NRs-PVA gel, with high purity, as distilled drinking water. The plasmonic nanocomposites demonstrated here are easy to fabricate and highly efficient for solar vapor generation, illustrating a potential solution for future seawater desalination.

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