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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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dc.contributor.authorYusof M.F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZainol M.R.R.M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSandu A.V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRiahi A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZakaria N.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShaharuddin S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAziz M.S.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNoor N.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVizureanu P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZawawi M.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIkhsan J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid37050433500en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57193313971en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57210666604en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55812065900en_US
dc.contributor.authorid25643674100en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55927985200en_US
dc.contributor.authorid36695908700en_US
dc.contributor.authorid25221616600en_US
dc.contributor.authorid16308136100en_US
dc.contributor.authorid39162217600en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55926014300en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T09:37:34Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T09:37:34Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptiondisinfection; distillation; experimental study; integrated approach; performance assessment; pollutant removal; rural area; severe acute respiratory syndrome; water temperature; water treatmenten_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo5442
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su14095442
dc.identifier.issue9
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85130193444
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130193444&doi=10.3390%2fsu14095442&partnerID=40&md5=b2bcc1eb06b8cb66935a3792d77d0330
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26887
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleSustainability (Switzerland)
dc.titleClean Water Production Enhancement through the Integration of Small-Scale Solar Stills with Solar Dish Concentrators (SDCs)�A Reviewen_US
dc.typeReviewen_US
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