Solar thermal energy technologies and its applications for process heating and power generation–A review

KR Kumar, NVVK Chaitanya, NS Kumar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The industrial sector accounts for more than 54% of the total energy produced in the world
with a predicted annual growth of 1.2%. Currently, most of the industrial sectors use fossil …

Nanofluids in solar thermal collectors: review and limitations

I Wole-Osho, EC Okonkwo, S Abbasoglu… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Solar thermal collectors are systems that allow for the use of solar energy in thermal
applications. These collectors utilize a heat transfer fluid to transport absorbed solar …

Experimental investigations of the performance of a flat-plate solar collector using carbon and metal oxides based nanofluids

N Akram, E Montazer, SN Kazi, MEM Soudagar… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Covalently functionalized carbon nanoplatelets and non-covalent functionalized metal
oxides nanoparticles (surfactant-treated) have been used to synthesize water-based …

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 …

Performance enhancement analysis of the flat plate collectors: a comprehensive review

SA Sakhaei, MS Valipour - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Enhancing thermal performance of flat plate collectors (FPCs) is an essential issue. This
review includes the investigations conducted on the thermal performance enhancement of …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability performance by ten representative intelligent Façade technologies: a systematic review

S Habibi, OP Valladares, DM Peña - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, intelligent façades (IFs) have become key factors to achieve sustainable
development goals in the architectural sector. Research in this area is steadily growing …

The role of climatic-design-operational parameters on combined PV/T collector performance: A critical review

AM Elbreki, MA Alghoul, AN Al-Shamani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
PV/T technology attracted numerous researchers and professionals during the last decades.
There are many review papers in the literature evaluated the R&D aspects of PV/T …

Energy, exergy analysis, and optimizations of collector cover thickness of a solar still in El Oued climate, Algeria

A Khechekhouche, AM Manokar… - International Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Researches in many laboratories on solar still desalination are concerned with increasing
efficiency using only solar energy. One of the techniques is the difference in the thickness of …

Energy and exergy analysis of an indirect solar dryer based on a dynamic model

S Hatami, G Payganeh, A Mehrpanahi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Sun is a clean and available sustainable energy source. The usage of sustainable energy in
various industries such as agriculture is taking into consideration during the early years. One …

Role of absorber and glazing in thermal performance improvements of liquid flat plate solar collector: a review

Y Kumar, S Kumar, P Verma - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The requirement for heated water in residential buildings demands a substantial amount of
energy. To accomplish the objective of conserving costly energy, an effective water heating …