Unveiling the Potential of Solar-Powered Multistage Hollow Fiber WGMD: A Transient Performance Evaluation.

Mohamed O Elbessomy, Kareem W Farghaly, Osama A Elsamni, Samy M Elsherbiny, Ahmed Rezk, Mahmoud B Elsheniti

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Article in Membranes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mohamed O ElbessomyMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, El-Chatby, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8895-0761

Kareem W FarghalyMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, El-Chatby, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-3383-6950

Osama A ElsamniMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, El-Chatby, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2941-2730

Samy M ElsherbinyMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, El-Chatby, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.

Ahmed RezkMechanical, Biomedical and Design Engineering Department (MBDE), College of Engineering and Physical Science, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1329-4146

Mahmoud B ElshenitiMechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3397-7240

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King Saud University ORFFT-2025-035-4

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Abstract

Solar-energy-driven membrane distillation provides a sustainable pathway to mitigate freshwater scarcity by utilizing an abundant renewable heat source. This study develops a two-dimensional axisymmetric computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to simulate the transient performance of a hollow fiber water gap membrane distillation (HF-WGMD) module integrated with flat-plate solar collectors (FPCs). A lumped-parameter transient FPC model is coupled with the CFD framework to predict feed water temperature under time-varying solar irradiation, evaluated across four representative days in a Mediterranean city. The model is validated against experimental data, showing strong agreement. A comprehensive parametric analysis reveals that increasing the collector area from 10 to 50 m

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heat recoveryhollow fibermultistage configurationsolar membrane distillationwater gap

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PMID41149995

DOI10.3390/membranes15100318

PMCPMC12566283

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