... that a circular mirror is amenable to an inflated polymer construction, makes this configuration promising for low-cost, low-concentration solar thermal applications. Table 1 Catalog of full collection geometric concentration C g limits for different concentrator/receiver geometries...

... for many types of renewable energy generation, including concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems. Simulations of the CST operation may be carried out on an hour-by-hour basis for an entire year, based on realistic weather data such as typical meteorological year (TMY) files for specific locations...

...Anand Kushwah; Anil Kumar; Manoj Kumar Gaur; Amit Pal In this study, experimental works were carried out in three different drying methods named heat exchanger-evacuated tube-assisted drying system (HE-ETADS), greenhouse solar dryer (GHSD), and open sun drying (OSD) to compare thin-layer drying...

.... , and Reddy , B. V. , 2017 , “ Thermodynamic Evaluations of Solar Cooling Cogeneration Cycle Using NaSCN–NH3 Mixture ,” Appl. Sol. Energy , 53 ( 3 ), pp. 267 – 275 . 10.3103/S0003701X17030100 [11] Xu , F. , Goswami , D. Y. , and Bhagwat , S. S. , 2000 , “ A Combined Power/Cooling...

...W. Ross Rucker; Dunbar P. Birnie, III The expected annual energy output of vertical bifacial solar panel arrays was modeled with an eye on how array design attributes affect the output. We considered module height, cell density (single- or double-high racking), inter-row spacing, and inverter...

... temperature for a given climatic data, i.e., solar irradiation and ambient air temperature. Furthermore, the thermal load leveling for the GiPVT system is determined to assess the thermal comfort status within the enclosed space of the system. The results indicate that EAHE successfully reduces greenhouse air...

...Mathiyazhagan Shanmugam; Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti The Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC), when coupled with the photovoltaic system, namely the Concentrated Photovoltaic Thermal System (CPVT), makes utilizing solar energy efficient. The major challenge that hinders the electrical and thermal...

... 4 2,605,000 676.66 927.15 0.05799 5 3,064,000 676.33 926.23 0.05832 6 3,760,000 676.42 928.88 0.05803 One common method to evaluate the performance of the PTC is to calculate its thermal efficiency. It shows how much of the incoming concentrated solar radiation has been...

... ,” Surf. Sci. , 606 ( 23–24 ), pp. 1892 – 1898 . 10.1016/j.susc.2012.07.035 [4] Ferry , V. E. , Polman , A. , and Atwater , H. A. , 2011 , “ Modeling Light Trapping in Nanostructured Solar Cells ,” ACS Nano , 5 ( 12 ), pp. 10055 – 10064 . 10.1021/nn203906t [5...

...Harsh Katoch; Sushil Kumar Rathore; Chinmaya Mund Laminar sub-layer formation in a smooth solar air heater (SAH) is one of the reasons for the low heat transfer coefficient. One of the most effective ways to overcome the problem and improve the heat transfer rate inside the SAH is to use artificial...

...Dheeraj Kumar; Apurba Layek An effort is made to study the performance of a solar air heater having the absorber surface roughened by providing staggered, twisted, and V-shaped ribs roughness. The liquid crystal thermography technique is applied to get the Nu distribution over the surface...

...M. Ekoja; S. O. Onyegegbu; O. V. Ekechukwu The theory of a glazed transpired collector solar air heater in natural convection mode has been developed. This was aimed at generating a framework for the experimental study of the performance of the collector. The theory involved the definition of some...

...Vimala Muthu; Geetha Ramadas Solar energy will be the most sought-after source for generating electricity shortly because of its availability in abundance and pollution-free nature. Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) technology increases the power output through the albedo effect. However, the major...

...Aniket S. Patankar; Xiao-Yu Wu; Wonjae Choi; Harry L. Tuller; Ahmed F. Ghoniem Thermochemical redox cycles are a promising route to producing solar fuels. In this work, a novel reactor train system (RTS) is proposed for the efficient conversion of solar thermal energy into hydrogen. This system...

...Pushpendra Singh; M. K. Gaur; G. N. Tiwari; Anil Kumar Thermal model is developed to predict the outlet water temperature with respect to time for water-in-tube type evacuated solar collector connected in series. Developed mathematical expression is validated for the single collector and two...

...Keith De Souza Irradiation time equivalence pioneers the classification of models that predict monthly average daily global solar radiation on a horizontal surface based on their double cross-validation performances. By exploiting indigenous irradiation data, novel irradiation-based models can...

... to respective experiments without the baffle. Email: nicodemj@lafayette.edu Email: smithjh@lafayette.edu Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of ASME for publication in the J ournal of S olar E nergy E ngineering : I ncluding W ind E nergy and B uilding E nergy C onservation...

...K. Roshith; James Varghese This study aims to numerically assess the heat transfer performance of water-in-glass evacuated tube solar water heater (WGET-SWH) for various parameters. It is observed that the natural circulation flowrate, velocity, and temperature distribution are strongly dependent...

..., 2022. [2] IRENA , 2010 , “ Renewable Energy Cost Analysis—Concentrating Solar Power ,” Cost Analysis Series, Volume 1: Power Sector. https://www.irena.org/publications/2012/Jun/Renewable-Energy-Cost-Analysis—Concentrating-Solar-Power [3] Yuan , J. K. , Christian , J. M...

...B. D. Tibúrcio; D. Liang; J. Almeida; D. Garcia; M. Catela; H. Costa; C. R. Vistas It is reported here a large improvement in numerically calculated TEM 00 -mode side-pumped solar laser efficiency, and brightness figure-of-merit by pumping two thin Nd:YAG laser rods simultaneously with a ring-array...