In recent years, producing energy and potable water has become a contemporaneous issue in all areas, especially in rural and remote areas. It is due to the limitation of fossil fuels in generating energy and the daily increase of potable water topic pollution due to various development activities in the industries. Gradually, the use of renewable energies has been suggested as far as humans focus on using these energies in various activities, which is gratis and accessible in more areas without having negative anthropogenic hazards. Solar radiation has an important position in renewable energies and has played a significant role in the desalination process due to the convenience in applying and abundance in the areas with potable water shortages. However, one of the active solar stills is the coupling of conventional solar still with a flat plate collector. In this type, a flat plate collector is used to raise the temperature of saline water which increases the productivity. In this research, the solar still coupled with a flat plate collector is reviewed as the active solar still and the affecting parameters on its performance and efficiency are discussed. First, a summary of working research and their research of flat plate collectors is reviewed to be more familiar with flat plate collectors, their details, and technology. Then, solar still coupled with a flat plate collector is extensively reviewed and discussed in detail. Four types of studies on solar still coupled with a flat plate collector were done, including energy analysis, exergy analysis, economic analysis, and productivity evaluation.

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结合平板集热器的太阳能蒸馏器的详尽评论

近年来，生产能源和饮用水已成为各个地区，尤其是农村和偏远地区的一个同时存在的问题。这是由于化石燃料在产生能源方面的局限性以及由于行业中的各种开发活动而导致的饮用水主题污染日益增加。逐渐地，人们建议使用可再生能源，只要人类专注于在各种活动中使用这些能源，这在更多地区是免费且可获取的，而不会产生负面的人为危害。太阳辐射在可再生能源中占有重要地位，在饮用水短缺地区应用方便、资源丰富，在海水淡化过程中发挥了重要作用。然而，有源太阳能蒸馏器之一是传统太阳能蒸馏器与平板集热器的耦合。在这种类型中，平板收集器用于提高盐水的温度，从而提高生产率。在这项研究中，太阳能蒸馏器与平板集热器相结合作为活性太阳能蒸馏器，并讨论了对其性能和效率的影响参数。首先，回顾一下平板集热器的工作研究和他们的研究，以更熟悉平板集热器及其细节和技术。然后，广泛审查和详细讨论了与平板集热器耦合的太阳能蒸馏器。对太阳能蒸馏器与平板集热器耦合进行了四种类型的研究，包括能量分析、火用分析、经济分析、