The use of central receiver system (CRS) for electricity production promises to be one of the
most viable options to replace fossil fuel power plants. Indeed, research and development …

In air-conditioning and energy-recovery applications, heat exchangers are very important to
the overall efficiency, cost, and size of the system. Current heat exchanger designs rely …

Thermal transport in metal foams has received growing attention in both academic research
and industrial applications. In this paper the recent research progress of thermal transport in …

In the present work, the effects of using nanofluid, metal foam and their combination on the
thermal performance of direct absorption parabolic trough solar collector (DAPTSC) were …

This attempt numerically investigates the heat transfer in parabolic trough solar collectors
due to the rotating tube for the hybrid nanofluid flow over the Riga surface with Darcy …

The effects of using copper metal foam as a volumetric absorber as well as heat transfer
enhancement technique on the thermal characteristics of a direct absorption parabolic …

Concentrated solar energy can be used as the source of high-temperature heat for industrial
processes, but the challenge is to design a solar receiver that can effect such a thermal …

Volumetric absorbers appear to be a promising technology in order to heat air above 1000°
C to feed combined-cycles (Brayton and Rankine thermodynamic cycles in cascade) for …

Heat exchangers embedded with metal foam are drawing increasing attention in the thermal
application field, due to the performance of low density, large ratio of surface area to volume …

In this study, the cascading metal foams were used as catalyst supports for constructing a
new type of cylindrical laminated methanol steam reforming microreactor for hydrogen …