References

  1. S.N. Rai, G.N. Tiwari, Single basin solar still coupled with flat plate collector, Energy Convers. Manage., 23 (1983) 145–149.
  2. S. Kumar, A. Tiwari, An experimental study of hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PV/T)-active solar still, Int. J. Energy Res., 32 (2008) 847–858.
  3. E.C. Kern, M.C. Russell, Combined Photovoltaic and Thermal Hybrid Collector Systems, Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Washington, DC, USA, June 5 1958, pp. 1153–1157.
  4. G. Singh, S. Kumar, G.N. Tiwari, Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PVT) double slope active solar still, Desalination, 277 (2011) 399–406.
  5. D.B. Singh, J.K. Yadav, V.K. Dwivedi, S. Kumar, G.N. Tiwari, I.M. Al-Helal, Experimental studies of active solar still integrated with two hybrid PVT collectors, Sol. Energy, 130 (2016) 207–223.
  6. G.N. Tiwari, J.K. Yadav, D.B. Singh, I.M. Al-Helal, AM. Abdel-Ghany, Exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic analyses of partially covered photovoltaic flat plate collector active solar distillation system, Desalination, 367 (2015) 186–196.
  7. D.B. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Enhancement in energy metrics of double slope solar still by incorporating N identical PVT collectors, Sol. Energy, 143 (2017) 142–161.
  8. D.B. Singh, Exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic analyses of N identical photovoltaic thermal integrated double slope solar still, Int. J. Exergy, 23 (2017), 347–366.
  9. D.B. Singh, N. Kumar, Harender, S. Kumar, S.K. Sharma, A. Mallick, Effect of depth of water on various efficiencies and productivity of N identical partially covered PVT collectors incorporated single slope solar distiller unit, Desal. Water Treat., 138 (2019) 99–112.
  10. D.B. Singh, Improving the performance of single slope solar still by including N identical PVT collectors, Appl. Therm. Eng., 131 (2018) 167–179.
  11. D.B. Singh, N. Kumar, S. Kumar, V.K. Dwivedi, J.K. Yadav, G.N. Tiwari, Enhancement in exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic parameters for single slope solar still by incorporating N identical partially covered photovoltaic collectors, J. Sol. Energy Eng., 140 (2018) 051002 (18 pages), doi: 10.1115/1.4039632.
  12. L. Sahota, G.N. Tiwari, Exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic analyses of hybrid double slope solar still loaded with nanofluids, Energy Convers. Manage., 148 (2017) 413–430.
  13. F. Carranza, C.-D. Villa, J. Aguilara, H.A. Borbón-Nuñez, D. Sauceda, Experimental study on the potential of combining TiO2, ZnO, and Al2O3 nanoparticles to improve the performance of a double-slope solar still equipped with saline water preheating, Desal. Water Treat., 216 (2021) 14–33.
  14. M.R. Kouadri, N. Chennouf, M.H. Sellami, M.N. Raache, A. Benarima, The effective behavior of ZnO and CuO during the solar desalination of brackish water in southern Algeria, Desal. Water Treat., 218 (2021) 126–134.
  15. D. Atheaya, A. Tiwari, G.N. Tiwari, I.M. Al-Helal, Analytical characteristic equation for partially covered photovoltaic thermal (PVT) compound parabolic concentrator (CPC), Sol. Energy, 111 (2015) 176–185.
  16. R. Tripathi, G.N. Tiwari, I.M. Al-Helal, Thermal modelling of N partially covered photovoltaic thermal (PVT) – compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) collectors connected in series, Sol. Energy, 123 (2016) 174–184.
  17. D.B. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Performance analysis of basin type solar stills integrated with N identical photovoltaic thermal (PVT) compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) collectors: a comparative study, Sol. Energy, 142 (2017) 144–158.
  18. D.B. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Exergoeconomic, enviroeconomic and productivity analyses of basin type solar stills by incorporating N identical PVT compound parabolic concentrator collectors: a comparative study, Energy Convers. Manage., 135 (2017) 129–147.
  19. D.B. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Effect of energy matrices on life cycle cost analysis of partially covered photovoltaic compound parabolic concentrator collector active solar distillation system, Desalination, 397 (2016) 75–91.
  20. V.S. Gupta, D.B. Singh, R.K. Mishra, S.K. Sharma, G.N. Tiwari, Development of characteristic equations for PVT-CPC active solar distillation system, Desalination, 445 (2018) 266–279.
  21. V.S. Gupta, D.B. Singh, S.K. Sharma, N. Kumar, T.S. Bhatti, G.N. Tiwari, Modeling self-sustainable fully-covered photovoltaic thermal-compound parabolic concentrators connected to double slope solar distiller, Desal. Water Treat., 190 (2020) 12–27.
  22. V. Singh, D.B. Singh, N. Kumar, R. Kumar, Effect of number of collectors (N) on life cycle conversion efficiency of single slope solar desalination unit coupled with N identical partly covered compound parabolic concentrator collectors, Mater. Today:. Proc., 28 (2020) 2185–2189.
  23. D.B. Singh, G. Singh, N. Kumar, P.K. Singh, R. Kumar, Effect of mass flow rate on energy payback time of single slope solar desalination unit coupled with N identical compound parabolic concentrator collectors, Mater. Today:. Proc., 28 (4) (2020) 2551–2556.
  24. G.K. Sharma, N. Kumar., D.B. Singh, A. Mallick, Exergoeconoic analysis of single slope solar desalination unit coupled with PVT-CPCs by incorporating the effect of dissimilarity of the rate of flowing fluid mass, Mater. Today:. Proc., 28 (2020) 2364–2368.
  25. H. Prasad, P. Kumar, R.K. Yadav, A. Mallick, N. Kumar, D.B. Singh, Sensitivity analysis of N identical partially covered (50%) PVT compound parabolic concentrator collectors integrated double slope solar distiller unit, Desal. Water Treat., 153 (2019) 54–64.
  26. K. Bharti, S. Manwal, C. Kishore, R.K. Yadav, P. Tiwar, D.B. Singh, Sensitivity analysis of N alike partly covered PVT flat plate collectors integrated double slope solar distiller unit, Desal. Water Treat., 211 (2021) 45–59.
  27. D.B. Singh, Sensitivity analysis of N identical evacuated tubular collectors integrated double slope solar distiller unit by incorporating the effect of exergy, Int. J. Exergy, 34 (2021) 424–447.
  28. K. Sampathkumar, T.V. Arjunan, P. Senthilkumar, The experimental investigation of a solar still coupled with an evacuated tube collector, Energy Sources Part A, 35 (2013) 261–270.
  29. R.V. Singh, S. Kumar, M.M. Hasan, M.E. Khan, G.N. Tiwari, Performance of a solar still integrated with evacuated tube collector in natural mode, Desalination, 318 (2013) 25–33.
  30. S. Kumar, A. Dubey, G.N. Tiwari, A solar still augmented with an evacuated tube collector in forced mode, Desalination, 347 (2014) 15–24.
  31. R.K. Mishra, V. Garg, G.N. Tiwari, Thermal modeling and development of characteristic equations of evacuated tubular collector (ETC), Sol. Energy, 116 (2015) 165–176.
  32. D.B. Singh, V.K. Dwivedi, G.N. Tiwari, N. Kumar, Analytical characteristic equation of N identical evacuated tubular collectors integrated single slope solar still, Desal. Water Treat., 88 (2017) 41–51.
  33. D.B. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Analytical characteristic equation of N identical evacuated tubular collectors integrated double slope solar still, journal of solar energy engineering: including wind energy and building energy conservation, 135 (2017) 051003 (11 pages).
  34. D.B. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Energy, exergy and cost analyses of N identical evacuated tubular collectors integrated basin type solar stills: a comparative study, Sol. Energy, 155 (2017) 829–846.
  35. R.J. Issa, B. Chang, Performance study on evacuated tubular collector coupled solar still in West Texas climate, Int. J. Green Energy, 14 (2017) 793–800.
  36. D.B. Singh, I.M. Al-Helal, Energy metrics analysis of N identical evacuated tubular collectors integrated double slope solar still, Desalination, 432 (2018) 10–22.
  37. D.B. Singh, N. Kumar, A. Raturi, G. Bansal, A. Nirala, N. Sengar, Effect of Flow of Fluid Mass Per Unit Time on Life Cycle Conversion Efficiency of Double Slope Solar Desalination Unit Coupled with N Identical Evacuated Tubular Collectors, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Advances in Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, Select Proceedings of ICAPIE 2019, Springer, Singapore, 2021, pp. 393–402.
  38. S.K. Sharma, D.B. Singh, A. Mallick, S.K. Gupta, Energy metrics and efficiency analyses of double slope solar distiller unit augmented with N identical parabolic concentrator integrated evacuated tubular collectors: a comparative study, Desal. Water Treat., 195 (2020) 40–56.
  39. S.K. Sharma, A. Mallick, S.K. Gupta, N. Kumar, D.B. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Characteristic equation development for double slope solar distiller unit augmented with N identical parabolic concentrator integrated evacuated tubular collectors, Desal. Water Treat., 187 (2020) 178–194.
  40. R.V. Patel, K. Bharti, G. Singh, R. Kumar, S. Chhabra. D.B. Singh, Solar still performance investigation by incorporating the shape of basin liner: a short review, Mater. Today:. Proc., 43 (2021) 597–604.
  41. R.V. Patel, K. Bharti, G. Singh, G. Mittal, D.B. Singh, A. Yadav, Comparative investigation of double slope solar still by incorporating different types of collectors: a mini review, Mater. Today:. Proc., 38 (2021) 300–304.
  42. R.V. Patel, G. Singh, K. Bharti, R. Kumar, D.B. Singh, A mini review on single slope solar desalination unit augmented with different types of collectors, Mater. Today:. Proc., 38 (2021) 204–210.
  43. G. Singh, D.B. Singh, S. Kumara, K. Bharti, S. Chhabra, A review of inclusion of nanofluids on the attainment of different types of solar collectors, Mater. Today:. Proc., 38 (2021) 153–159.
  44. G. Bansal, D.B. Singh, C. Kishore, V. Dogra, Effect of absorbing material on the performance of solar still: a mini review, Mater. Today:. Proc., 26 (2020) 1884–1887.
  45. P. Shankar, A. Dubey, S. Kumar, G.N. Tiwari, Production of clean water using ETC integrated solar stills: thermoenviroeconomic assessment, Desal. Water Treat., 218 (2021) 106–118.
  46. S. Abdallah, M. Nasir, D. Afaneh, Performance evaluation of spherical and pyramid solar stills with chamber stepwise basin, Desal. Water Treat., 218 (2021) 119–125.
  47. D.L. Evans, Simplified method for predicting PV array output, Sol. Energy, 27 (1981) 555–560.
  48. T. Schott, Operational Temperatures of PV Modules, Proceedings of 6th PV Solar Energy Conference, London, 1985, pp. 392–396.
  49. R. Tripathi, G.N. Tiwari, Annual performance evaluation (energy and exergy) of fully covered concentrated photovoltaic thermal (PVT) water collector: an experimental validation, Sol. Energy, 146 (2017) 180–190.
  50. V.K. Dwivedi, G.N. Tiwari, Comparison of internal heat transfer coefficients in passive solar stills by different thermal models: an experimental validation, Desalination, 246 (2009) 304–318.
  51. S. Kumar, G.N. Tiwari, Estimation of convective mass transfers in solar distillation system, Sol. Energy, 57 (1996) 459–464.
  52. R.V. Dunkle, Solar Water Distillation, the Roof Type Solar Still and a Multi Effect Diffusion Still, International Developments in Heat Transfer, Proc. Int. Heat Transfer, Part V, ASME, University of Colorado, London, 1961, p. 895.
  53. R.S. Adhikari, A. Kumar, A. Kumar, Estimation of mass transfer rates in solar stills, Int. J. Energy Res., 14 (1990) 737–744.
  54. H. Zheng, X. Zhang, J. Zhang, Y. Wu, A group of improved heat and mass transfer correlations in solar stills, Energy Convers. Manage., 43 (2001) 2469–2478.
  55. J.A. Clark, The steady state performance of a solar still, Sol. Energy, 44 (1990) 43–49.
  56. H.N. Singh, G.N. Tiwari, Evaluation of cloudiness/haziness factor for composite climate, Energy, 30 (2005) 1589–1601.
  57. B.J. Huang, T.H. Lin, W.C. Hung, F.S. Sun, Performance evaluation of solar photovoltaic/thermal systems, Sol. Energy, 70 (2001) 443–448.
  58. P.K. Nag, Basic and Applied Thermodynamics, Tata McGraw- Hill, New Delhi 2004.
  59. P.I. Cooper, Digital simulation of experimental solar still data, Sol. Energy, 14 (1973) 451–456.
  60. G.N. Tiwari, R.K. Mishra, Advanced Renewable Energy Sources, Royal Society of Chemistry publishing house, UK, 2012.