A 50 year review of basic and applied research in compound parabolic concentrating solar thermal collector for domestic and industrial applications

V Pranesh, R Velraj, S Christopher, V Kumaresan - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the recent years, compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) collector draws the attention of
researchers and industrial developers towards meeting the downstream requirement of …

Recent progress in thermal and optical enhancement of low temperature solar collector

A Ahmadi, MA Ehyaei, A Doustgani, MEH Assad… - Energy Systems, 2023 - Springer
The use of renewable energy systems including wind, geothermal, and solar is increasing
on a daily basis at industrial and domestic applications scale. The restrictions and …

Design and analysis of a medium-temperature, concentrated solar thermal collector for air-conditioning applications

Q Li, C Zheng, A Shirazi, OB Mousa, F Moscia, JA Scott… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar thermal energy is considered as a promising source to drive air-conditioning
applications due to the good correlation between supply and demand. The present work …

Experimental analysis and dynamic simulation of a novel high-temperature solar cooling system

A Buonomano, F Calise, MD d'Accadia… - Energy conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental and numerical analyses of a novel high-temperature solar
cooling system based on innovative flat-plate evacuated solar thermal collectors (SC). This …

Technical and economic analysis of a novel low-cost concentrated medium-temperature solar collector

Y Bhusal, A Hassanzadeh, L Jiang, R Winston - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, performance of a novel concentrated solar thermal collector with
evacuated tube is studied. The focus is the optimization of cost and performance in respect …

Experimental and numerical investigation of volumetric versus surface solar absorbers for a concentrated solar thermal collector

Q Li, C Zheng, S Mesgari, YL Hewkuruppu, N Hjerrild… - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
A low-profile concentrated solar thermal collector (< 15 cm in height) was proposed and
investigated to demonstrate its potential to deliver heat energy in the range of 100–250° C …

Development of a novel flow control system with arduino microcontroller embedded in double effect absorption chillers using the LiBr/H2O pair

KL Cézar, AGA Caldas, AMA Caldas… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work is the development and implementation of a flow control strategy
for the LiBr/H2O saline recirculation system in double effect absorption chillers to guarantee …

Coupled optical-thermal modeling, design and experimental testing of a novel medium-temperature solar thermal collector with pentagon absorber

A Hassanzadeh, L Jiang, R Winston - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The simulation, prototyping and testing of novel medium-temperature solar collector is
elaborated in this paper. First, selection of higher concentration reflector (1.4×) with …

Solar thermal process heating with the external compound parabolic concentrator (XCPC)–45 m2 experimental array performance, annual generation (kWh/m2-year) …

B Widyolar, L Jiang, Y Bhusal, J Brinkley, R Winston - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the experimental performance of a 45 m 2 solar field of non-tracking external
compound parabolic (XCPC) collectors installed at the University of California, Merced is …

Renewable energy sources: Traditional and modern-age technologies

R Hafezi, M Alipour - Affordable and clean energy, 2021 - Springer
Fuel poverty refers to the condition of having too little money to be able to keep someone's
home warm (Cambridge Dictionary 2020). The fuel poor are those households who spend a …