Farhan Lafta Rashid; Saif Ali Kadhim; Mushtaq K. Abdalrahem; Moafaq K.S. Al-Ghezi; Karrar Abed Hammoodi; Mudhar Abdul Alwahab Al-Obaidi; Ali M. Ashour; Abdallah Bouabidi; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy · 10.1002/ep.70392 https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.70392
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy
Comprehensive review of solar chimney systems for enhanced desalination: Configurations, performance, and integration strategies Farhan Lafta Rashid; Saif Ali Kadhim; Mushtaq K. Abdalrahem; Moafaq K.S. Al-Ghezi; Karrar Abed Hammoodi; Mudhar Abdul Alwahab Al-Obaidi; Ali M. Ashour; Abdallah Bouabidi; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy Surveys ways of combining solar chimney power plants with desalination to co-produce electricity and freshwater, covering coupling with solar stills, condensers, membrane distillation, photovoltaics and waste heat. Reported gains include roughly 5 L/m2 of daily water from chimney-assisted stills and 30–45% more annual energy from hybrid setups, though high capital costs remain an obstacle.
Desalination / water production
Hybrid system
Review
2026
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy
no
2026-02-22 12:00:00 00001923
comprehensive review of solar chimney systems for enhanced desalination: configurations, performance, and integration strategies
2026
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy
Farhan Lafta Rashid; Saif Ali Kadhim; Mushtaq K. Abdalrahem; Moafaq K.S. Al-Ghezi; Karrar Abed Hammoodi; Mudhar Abdul Alwahab Al-Obaidi; Ali M. Ashour; Abdallah Bouabidi; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy
10.1002/ep.70392
Summary
Surveys ways of combining solar chimney power plants with desalination to co-produce electricity and freshwater, covering coupling with solar stills, condensers, membrane distillation, photovoltaics and waste heat. Reported gains include roughly 5 L/m² of daily water from chimney-assisted stills and 30–45% more annual energy from hybrid setups, though high capital costs remain an obstacle.
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