Low-Cost and Sustainable Carbonized Sawdust Based Solar Absorber for Solar Vapor Generation Towards Seawater Desalination

• Main Authors: Wong, Karen Min Jin, Zhipeng Wang, Liew, Willey Yun Hsien, Gan, Melvin Jet Hong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2023
• Subjects: T1-995 Technology (General); TK2896-2985 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35742/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35742/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02067-x
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Solar vapor generation is a promising clean water generation as it utilizes clean and renewable solar energy as the energy source, along with the use of low-cost and sustainable carbonized sawdust (CSD). In this work, CSD coated cotton towel was used as the solar absorber (SA) for seawater desalinat...