RT Journal Article ID 161df6e17013baa6 A1 Bani-Hani, Ehab Hussein A1 Borgford, Christopher A1 Khanafer, Khalil T1 APPLICATIONS OF POROUS MATERIALS AND NANOPARTICLES IN IMPROVING SOLAR DESALINATION SYSTEMS JF Journal of Porous Media JO JPM YR 2016 FD 2016-11-02 VO 19 IS 11 SP 993 OP 999 K1 desalination K1 nanoparticles K1 nanotechnology K1 porous media K1 renewable energy K1 and solar energy AB The effect of varying the absorber materials on the productivity of distillate was investigated experimentally. The first absorber material was porous media; light-colored and black-colored sponges. The second absorber material tested was manganese dioxide powder. The porous materials were also combined with the MnO2 nanoparticles to investigate their effects on the distillate output. The baseline model was used for comparison when using different absorber materials. The results of this investigation showed that the addition of porous medium to the absorber increased the distillate output by 38% and 192% for the light and dark sponges, respectively, compared with the baseline model. The addition of MnO2 increased the absorption of solar energy and consequently increased the mass flow rate of distilled water. The highest mass flow rate output was attributed to MnO2 and the dark sponge at 3.648 kg/m2/day, followed by a dark sponge 3.064 kg/m2/day. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/49dcde6d4c0809db,16fe8ec8018a6b88,161df6e17013baa6.html