The solar water-heating (SWH) system is one of the most convenient applications of solar energy, which is considered an available, economical, and environmentally friendly energy …
Solar collectors have been rigorously modified over the years to better serve the thermal needs of the era. Various design innovations have paved their way to invent new ways of …
This study presents a thermodynamic evaluation of a flat plate collector (FPC) operating with both mono and hybrid nanofluids. The performance of a collector operating with alumina …
The performance of the solar water heater varies with respect to incident solar radiation, geographical location, and components of the solar water heater such as glazing, absorber …
The present work present numerical and experimental investigations to study the performance of a small-scale parabolic trough solar concentrator integrated with thermal …
In this work, a novel conceptual water-based hybrid photovoltaic thermal collector design was modeled and numerically simulated using ANSYS Fluent software. The novelty …
Solar energy is a widely used, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, clean, and carbon- free renewable energy source that reduces reliance on coal, electricity, and other sources. It …
P Rani, PP Tripathy - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Present research focuses on the analysis of temperature profile, heat transfer characteristics and thermal efficiency of a flat plate solar air collector (FPSAC) at different air mass flow …
The selective coating is the heart of a solar heating system, where the coating needs to efficiently absorb sunlight and heat up the substrate, which subsequently transfers the …