Solar membrane distillation is a promising solution to overcome water shortage. However, developing a portable and highly efficient solar membrane distillation system is still a complex task. This work proposes a novel portable bio-inspired solar direct-drive membrane distillation system for...

An innovative direct vapor generation (DVG) power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and two-stage accumulators is proposed. It offers a significantly enlarged storage capacity due to a unique discharge operation mode. Synthetic oil Therminol® VP-1 is used as the heat...