Adsorption-baseddesalinationattractedincreasinglyattentionduetoitsabilitytoco-generatedouble
distilled freshwaterandcoolingeffectusingonlyoneheatinput.Thesystememploysacombinationof
flash evaporationandthermalcompression.Thispaperpresentsthecurrentliteraturereviewonthedual
effect (coolinganddesalination)adsorptiondesalinationsystem(ADS),whichisanemergingprocessof
thermal desalinationwithcoolingutilizinglow-gradeheatsource.Thepaperalsopresentstheadsor-
bents suitableforadsorption–desalination systems,performanceofADS,andthethermodynamicana-
lysisoftheadsorptiondesalinationcycle.AcomparisonbetweenthestatedADShasbeenalsopresented
in thisstudy.