Recent developments and advancements in solar air heaters: a detailed review

VP Singh, S Jain, A Karn, A Kumar, G Dwivedi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The scientific literature extensively mentions the use of a solar air heater (SAH) by utilizing
solar energy for heating purposes. The poor heat-transfer rate of an SAH with a flat plate is …

Recent developments in solar drying technology of food and agricultural products: A review

HS El-Mesery, AI El-Seesy, Z Hu, Y Li - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential of climate-resilient energy practices depends on the integration of sustainable
energy with energy storage, such as solar energy. Solar energy offers desirable thermal …

Solar energy for future world:-A review

N Kannan, D Vakeesan - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
World׳ s energy demand is growing fast because of population explosion and technological
advancements. It is therefore important to go for reliable, cost effective and everlasting …

Potential of phase change materials and their effective use in solar thermal applications: A critical review

V Goel, A Saxena, M Kumar, A Thakur… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potential of the thermal energy storage materials especially phase change materials (PCM)
is great support to the thermal systems for their performance enhancement especially for …

Novel approaches and recent developments on potential applications of phase change materials in solar energy

AK Pandey, MS Hossain, VV Tyagi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) can be applied to several different solar energy systems for
the extended heat energy storage which is quite useful as the solar energy is intermittent in …

A comprehensive review on single phase heat transfer enhancement techniques in heat exchanger applications

T Alam, MH Kim - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to review the different techniques, which have been used to
enhance the heat transfer rate in heat exchanger devices such as solar air heater, cooling …

A comprehensive study on the progressive development and applications of solar air heaters

V Goel, VS Hans, S Singh, R Kumar, SK Pathak… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Sustainable energy performances of green buildings: A review of current theories, implementations and challenges

AH GhaffarianHoseini, ND Dahlan, U Berardi… - … and sustainable energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study targets to elucidate the essence of sustainability in green building design
implementations. In this regard, the study draws attention to the sustainable energy …

Applications of solar energy based drying technologies in various industries–A review

A Lingayat, R Balijepalli, VP Chandramohan - Solar energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Drying of materials is an important and essential mechanism during the production process
in industries. Drying fruits and vegetables is an ancient method used for food preservation …

Review on hybrid geothermal and solar power systems

K Li, C Liu, S Jiang, Y Chen - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite having many promising advantages for environment and sustainability, renewable
energy is not yet cost-competitive with crude oil in all locations due to issues with low …