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December 2020
ISSN 0199-6231
EISSN 1528-8986
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Research Papers
Understanding the Effects of Capturing Climate and Occupancy Trends During Concept-Stage Sustainable Building Design
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061001.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046630
Topics:
Climate
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Design
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Energy consumption
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Green buildings
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Students
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Structures
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Sustainability
,
Platinum
,
Construction
Investigation of the Effect of Porous Material on the Flow and Temperature Patterns of a Passive Solar Air Heater
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061002.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046632
Topics:
Drying
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Flow (Dynamics)
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Porous materials
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Solar energy
,
Temperature
,
Heat flux
Monte Carlo Ray Tracing-Coupled Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling and Experimental Testing of a 1-kW Solar Cavity Receiver Radiated via 7-kW HFSS
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061003.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046779
Topics:
Cavities
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Computational fluid dynamics
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Flow (Dynamics)
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Fluids
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Radiation (Physics)
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Ray tracing
,
Solar energy
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Temperature
,
Heat transfer
,
Turbulence
Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Photovoltaic Thermal Thermoelectric Collector Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm With Simulated Annealing
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061004.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046832
Optimization of Fin Parameters to Reduce Entropy Generation and Melting Time of a Latent Heat Storage Unit
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061005.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046878
Topics:
Entropy
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Fins
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Heat transfer
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Latent heat
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Melting
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Optimization
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Storage
,
Pareto optimization
,
Temperature
Assessment of Photovoltaic Capabilities in Urban Environments: A Case Study of Islamabad, Pakistan
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061006.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046947
Topics:
Photovoltaic power systems
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Roofs
,
Shades and shadows
,
Stress
,
Solar energy
,
Satellites
,
Cities
,
Cooling
,
Structures
,
Algorithms
District-Level Summertime Air-Conditioning Electricity Consumption and the Sensitivity of Peak Cooling Loads to Urban Weather Conditions in Beijing
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061007.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046948
Topics:
Cities
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Cooling
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Meteorology
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Stress
,
Temperature
,
Electric load
,
Heat
,
Air conditioning
A Hybrid Ray-Tracing Optical Model for Compound Parabolic Concentrators
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061008.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046949
Topics:
Glass
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Ray tracing
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Reflectance
,
Solar energy
,
Surface properties
,
Refraction
,
Reflection
,
Errors
,
Simulation
Techno-Economic Evaluation of a Concentrating Solar Power Plant Driven by an Organic Rankine Cycle
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 061009.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047192
Technical Brief
Design, Fabrication, and Partial Characterization of a Solar Receiver and Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger for a Concentrated Solar Power Supercritical CO2 Testbed
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 064501.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046631
Topics:
Design
,
Manufacturing
,
Solar energy
,
Temperature
,
Heat exchangers
,
Testing
,
Supercritical carbon dioxide
Performance Analysis of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Array Using Magic Square View Configuration for Shade Dispersion
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 064502.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046877
Topics:
Photovoltaic power systems
,
Shades and shadows
Techno-Economic Analysis of Micro-Grid Based Photovoltaic/Diesel Generator Hybrid Power System for Rural Electrification in Kerkennah, Tunisia
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2020, 142(6): 064503.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047031
Topics:
Batteries
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Diesel
,
Diesel generators
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Electrification
,
Hybrid power systems
,
Microgrids
,
Solar energy
,
Stress
,
Optimization
,
Power systems (Machinery)
