Computational Fluid Dynamic Applications for Solar Stills Efficiency Assessment: A Review

Even though water is a renewable resource, the majority of available on planet unfit for human use. Moreover, drinkable demand ever-increasing as result rising population, urbanization, and life standards, which makes needs sustainable, economic, environment-friendly treatment alternatives utmost importance. Seawater desalination using solar stills has been proposed promising alternative that may help to solve scarcity issues. In past decades, many studies have conducted assess performance different types aiming enhance their productivity. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) numerical simulation one approaches used recently stills. The present study performed systematic review bibliometric analysis provide comprehensive overview CFD uses tool performance. A total 486 publications were collected initially from databases period between 2012 2022. filtered through several stages reaching 43 highest significance. data analyzed descriptively, mapping was presented. Furthermore, basics principles efficiency described discussed. Later, previous understand algorithms, methods, still used. Finally, future research scopes conclusions stated. presented knowledge in this can deep studying inspire researchers identify ways gaps.