Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36163592›Full record

ReviewChemSusChem2022

Water Harvesting Strategies through Solar Steam Generator Systems.

Casey Onggowarsito, An Feng, Shudi Mao, Luong Ngoc Nguyen, Jiangtao Xu, Qiang Fu

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Review in ChemSusChem, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Casey OnggowarsitoCentre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8962-7971
An FengCentre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-798X
Shudi MaoCentre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-4670
Luong Ngoc NguyenCentre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0025-3537
Jiangtao XuCentre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Institution, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9020-7018
Qiang FuCentre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-330X

Funding

Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship from the University of Technology SydneyAustralian Research Council under the Future Fellowship FT180100312
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar steam generator (SSG) systems have attracted increasing attention, owing to its simple manufacturing, material abundance, cost-effectiveness, and environmentally friendly freshwater production. This system relies on photothermic materials and water absorbing substrates for a clean continuous distillation process. To optimize this process, there are factors that are needed to be considered such as selection of solar absorber and water absorbent materials, followed by micro/macro-structural system design for efficient water evaporation, floating, and filtration capability. In this contribution, we highlight the general interfacial SSG concept, review and compare recent progresses of different SSG systems, as well as discuss important factors on performance optimization. Furthermore, unaddressed challenges such as SSG's cost to performance ratio, filtration of untreatable micropollutants/microorganisms, and the need of standardization testing will be discussed to further advance future SSG studies.

Indexed as

evaporationphotothermal materialssolar steamsolar-to-vapor conversionwater purification

Identifiers

PMID36163592
PMCPMC10098618

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