Recent development on double pass solar thermal collector

NJ Yusaidi, MF Fauzan, A Ibrahim, H Jarimi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Sun is the star in our solar system that beams solar energy towards the Earth, shining it
during the day. The researcher discovered different ways to enhance the use of solar …

Improving the performance of a triple-flow solar air collector using recyclable aluminum cans as extended heat transfer surfaces: An energetic, exergetic, economic …

AD Tuncer, A Khanlari - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current work, the effect of integrating recyclable aluminum cans as tubular fins to a
triple-flow solar air collector (TFSAC) has been numerically and experimentally investigated …

Investigation of exergy-energy and environ-economic performance parameters of active indirect solar dryer for pineapple drying without and with energy storage unit

MC Gilago, VR Mugi, VP Chandramohan - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The quality, quantity and availability of energy, the environmental impact, and the economic
importance (4E) of a forced convection indirect solar dryer without (setup-1) and with thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the performance of a greenhouse drying system by using triple-flow solar air collector with nano-enhanced absorber coating

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin, K Ghachem, L Kolsi… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, the impacts of utilizing nano-embedded absorber coating in an auxiliary
heater of a greenhouse drying system on the thermal and drying performances have been …

Design a low-cost, medium-scale, flat plate solar air heater: an experimental and simulation study

S Abbas, Y Yuan, A Hassan, J Zhou, W Ji, T Yu… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The most efficient solar air heater is expensive, and attempts to reduce costs lead to reduced
efficiency. The current study presents a low-cost, medium-scale, flat plate solar air heater's …

Recent developments and cost analysis of different configurations of the solar air heaters

E El-Bialy, SM Shalaby - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the recent advances in practical and theoretical studies on solar air heaters are
reviewed in detail. Solar air heaters have proven in previous years to be a good option for …

Impacts of use PID control and artificial intelligence methods for solar air heater energy performance

M Das, M Catalkaya, OE Akay, EK Akpinar - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heaters generally operate at constant mass flow rates achieved with constant fan
speed. This situation causes continuous energy consumption in solar air heater (SAH) …

Performance evaluation of various nano heat transfer fluids in charging/discharging processes of an indirect solar air heating system

VM Avargani, S Zendehboudi, MA Zamani - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, an indirect charging/discharging solar-driven air heating system is assessed. In
the charging process, a nano heat transfer fluid (NHTF) is thermally charged in a solar …

Exergy efficiency and sustainability indicators of forced convection mixed mode solar dryer system for drying process

JP Ekka, P Muthukumar - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The study investigates the effectiveness of a mixed-mode solar dryer (MSD) featuring two
double-pass solar air collectors in series, with a focus on dehydrating cluster figs …

Challenges in incorporating phase change materials into thermal control units for lithium-ion battery cooling

N Farouk, AA Alotaibi, AH Alshahri… - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Keeping cool the lithium-ion battery improves its performance. In this study, focusing on
battery cooling, a thermal control unit (TCU) containing metal fins was integrated into the …