Using broadband solar energy for producing clean water can potentially and effectively
solve the water pollution and shortage crisis. With the rapid development of material science …

Linear Fresnel collector plants represent a promising line-focusing concentrating solar
thermal technology that has not yet reached commercial maturity. This technology has many …

The optical performance of a concentrating solar power (CSP) collector is critical to the
overall efficiency of the system. This study presents a detailed optical comparison between …

The foremost purpose of this review study is to summarize the potential of solar thermal
energy in coal-fired power plants retrofitted with post-combustion carbon-capturing (PCC) …

The cascaded latent heat storage (CLHS) system effectively enhanced the thermal and
exergy performance in the low-temperature range (eg less than 100° C), wherefore it was …

To reduce the specific energy consumption (SEC) of the hydrogen liquefaction process, a
conceptual design of a hydrogen liquefaction process that integrates a modified natural gas …

In this study, a new V-corrugated absorber with multi-channels is presented and applied in
the liquid flat-plate solar collector. The absorber is extruded with aluminium and specific …

In recent years, solar steam generation has attracted many attentions due to its potential
applications in desalination, etc. In the present work, a bi-layer solar steam generation …

In this study, a compound parabolic concentrating photovoltaic/thermal phase change
system with different heatsinks (S-type and H-type) are constructed in an open-air …

This research is aimed at geometric analysis of parabolic trough solar collector (PTC) in
different sizes of the main components of the system. The rate of the Local Concentration …