%A A. Sadiq Isah
%A H. Bint Takaijudin
%A B. Singh Mahinder Singh
%A S. Ihstam UI Haq Gilani
%A K. Wan Yusof
%A A. Sa'id Abdurrasheed
%A T. Oladoyin Abimbola
%A M. Mohamad Shoeb
%L scholars16247
%P 256-272
%I Elsevier Ltd
%X In this paper, a hybrid solar desalination system was fabricated and incorporated with a water heater powered by a photovoltaic (PV) system. It was experimentally evaluated at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia. Daytime operating conditions without the use of a PV system were considered for the conventional operation, while the use of PV alone or combined with direct solar radiation was considered as the modified system. This study was carried out to determine the freshwater yield, weather variabilities impact on yield, economic analysis, and system efficiency of hybrid solar desalination systems. An encyclopaedic review of five years of different researchers from different countries was critically analysed and compared with this study to see their trends and relationship. Within the study period, solar still distillate cost ranges from 0.0051 to 0.8857/L, and 0.006 to 0.789/L for the modified and conventional systems respectively. Similarly, the distillate cost for this study is 0.0374/L and 0.0892/L for the conventional and modified systems respectively. Also, the distillate yield ranges from 0.93 to 24.3 L/m2.day with an average of 12.1 L/m2.day, for the modified system, and 0.55 to 6.63 L/m2.day with an average of 3.35 L/m2.day for the conventional systems. The hourly system efficiency is 30.07 , and 8.29  for the modified and conventional systems respectively. Solar still is economically reasonable with good efficiency as obtained from the result. The findings also suggested that researchers should target a distillate yield of at least 6 L/m2.day and a distillate cost of 0.2/L or lower for innovation, for a good and economical system. © 2022 International Solar Energy Society
%J Solar Energy
%K Costs; Distillation; Economic analysis; Passive solar; Solar heating; Solar power generation; Solar radiation, Conventional systems; Distillate yield and cost; Meteorological variables; PETRONAS; Photovoltaic systems; Solar desalination systems; Solar still efficiency; Solar stills; Statistical relationship; System efficiency, Desalination, climate conditions; desalination; energy efficiency; solar power; solar radiation; statistical analysis, Malaysia
%D 2022
%V 246
%T Solar energy desalination distillate yield and cost evolution, and statistical relationship between meteorological variables and distillate yield
%O cited By 8
%R 10.1016/j.solener.2022.09.025