Selimefendigil F.Şirin C.Öztop H.F.2024-07-222024-07-22202220711050http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/12855Solar desalination systems are effective and sustainable applications that are utilized to obtain potable water from saline or contaminated water. In this research, three solar desalination systems, including a conventional system, a phase change material (PCM)-based thermal energy storage unit (TESU), and a natural dolomite powder integrated PCM-based TESU, were structured and experimentally investigated. The developed solar desalination systems were analyzed simulta-neously and the findings were discussed in detail. According to the empirically obtained outcomes, utilizing PCM-based TESUs and dolomite-powder-embedded PCM-based TESUs increased daily cu-mulative productivity by 10.15% and 17.70%, respectively, in comparison to the conventional distiller. Employing dolomite powder increased the energy and exergy efficiencies of the conventional distiller from 15.91% to 18.28% and from 1.26% to 1.78%, respectively. Moreover, environmental metrics such as global warming potential and the sustainability index of the developed solar desalination systems were analyzed within the scope of this work. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.EnglishAll Open Access; Gold Open Accessdesalinationdolomiteexperimental studyperforationperformance assessmentsolar powerthermal powerArticle10.3390/su14052650