Integration of solar thermal collectors and heat pumps with thermal energy storage systems for building energy demand reduction: A comprehensive review

SM Vahidhosseini, S Rashidi, SH Hsu, WM Yan… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy, coupled with innovative technologies, holds the promise of propelling
buildings towards net-zero and carbon neutrality. In this regard, this review explores the …

[HTML][HTML] Salinity gradient solar ponds hybrid systems for power generation and water desalination

M Tawalbeh, RMN Javed, A Al-Othman… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy is preferred over other energy sources because of its low cost, ease of
collecting, and availability as a source of power, as well as its effectiveness in reducing …

A review on various configurations of hybrid concentrator photovoltaic and thermoelectric generator system

SS Indira, CA Vaithilingam, KK Chong, R Saidur… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) is of much intrigue among all photovoltaic (PV)
technologies because it replaces the expensive PV cell material with cheaper optical …

A review of solar collectors using carbon-based nanofluids

A Borode, N Ahmed, P Olubambi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstracts The quest to enhance the thermal efficiency of solar collectors by improving the
working or absorbing fluid led to the synthesis of nanofluids. Numerous studies have …

Solar ejector cooling systems: A review

K Braimakis - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work includes a review of solar ejector cooling cycle (SECC) systems. In the first
section of the paper, an overview of the fundamentals of SECCs is presented. The most …

The multivariable inverse artificial neural network combined with GA and PSO to improve the performance of solar parabolic trough collector

W Ajbar, A Parrales, U Cruz-Jacobo… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work focused on presenting a multivariate inverse artificial neural network (ANNim) by
developing two functions coupled to metaheuristic algorithms to increase a parabolic trough …

Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of solar methane dry reforming enhanced by chemical hydrogen separation

B Wang, X Lu, STB Lundin, H Kong, J Wang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermodynamically limited reactions in membrane reactors for hydrogen generation require
a high hydrogen concentration gradient for separation, which imposes an energy …

A review study on recent advances in solar drying: Mechanisms, challenges and perspectives

Y Yao, YX Pang, S Manickam, E Lester, T Wu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drying is important in many processes for material preservation, operation optimisation, and
easy handling. Various dryers have been developed to ensure controllable drying …

Optical developments in concentrator photovoltaic systems—a review

W Iqbal, I Ullah, S Shin - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Energy needs have increased with global advancements and industrial revolutions.
Electrical energy utilization shares a huge amount of energy with residential and industrial …

Review on fibre-optic-based daylight enhancement systems in buildings

K Sreelakshmi, K Ramamurthy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The lighting load can be reduced either by improving the efficiency of artificial lighting or by
supplementing daylight to the building interiors with Innovative Daylighting Systems (IDS) …