The use of solar air heaters (SAH) for the collection and effective utilization of solar radiations for thermal applications is widely reported in the literature. The current article …
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors can be applied in order to concurrently generation of electrical and thermal energy. In the present study, a vertical hybrid PVT solar dryer has …
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems are sustainable applications that allows to produce thermal and electrical energies simultaneously. In this work, a sustainable solar drying …
Electrical and thermal energy can be generated simultaneously by using photovoltaic- thermal (PVT) systems. Also, electrical efficiency can be enhanced by cooling the PV panel …
An effective method to increase the heat transfer rate of fluid flowing in a solar air heater duct (SAHD) is to apply artificial roughness geometry over the absorber plate. The heat …
At present, artificial intelligence methods have been effectively utilized for predicting the complex performance of storage-based solar thermal technologies for cooling/heating …
Solar energy as a clean energy source is widely investigated to find out the effective mechanisms to meet a large part of energy demand in the near future. In the present …
A numerical and experimental study on the thermal–hydraulic performance of a solar receiver heat exchanger (SRH) equipped with a newly designed longitudinal-vortex …
Although obstacles on the absorber surface of a solar air heater (SAH) can increase the thermal efficiency by creating turbulent conditions, they might reduce the system's exergy …