[HTML][HTML] An overview on energy and exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors with passive performance enhancers

M Murugan, A Saravanan, PV Elumalai… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evaluations of Energy and Exergy are very useful for enhancing the performance and
diminishing irreversibility of the solar thermal collectors respectively. The prime objective of …

[HTML][HTML] A review of water heating technologies: An application to the South African context

PA Hohne, K Kusakana, BP Numbi - Energy Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The process of water heating consumes enormous amounts of energy. South African
households may see up to 40% of their total energy be allotted to the heating of water. The …

Review of solar parabolic-trough collector geometrical and thermal analyses, performance, and applications

AJ Abdulhamed, NM Adam, MZA Ab-Kadir… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
By year 2030, the world's energy demand is expected to increase by over 60% of current
demand. Thus, the potential of renewable energy should be investigated. Renewable …

Experimental investigation of heat transfer enhancement of a heat exchanger tube equipped with double-cut twisted tapes

ME Nakhchi, M Hatami, M Rahmati - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
An Experimental study has been performed to investigate the heat transfer characteristics
and friction factors of fluid flow through a heat exchanger tube equipped with double-cut …

Convection of heat and thermodynamic irreversibilities in two-phase, turbulent nanofluid flows in solar heaters by corrugated absorber plates

M Akbarzadeh, S Rashidi, N Karimi, R Ellahi - Advanced Powder …, 2018 - Elsevier
The effects of simultaneous implementation of corrugated walls and nanoparticles upon the
performance of solar heaters are investigated. Triangular and sinusoidal wall profiles along …

Performance enhancement analysis of the flat plate collectors: a comprehensive review

SA Sakhaei, MS Valipour - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Enhancing thermal performance of flat plate collectors (FPCs) is an essential issue. This
review includes the investigations conducted on the thermal performance enhancement of …

Performance evaluation of adding helical-screw tape inserts in parabolic solar trough collectors as a source of cleaner energy production

A Raheem, W Siddique, ZH Farooqui… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar have become an essential source of energy because of an increase in energy
demand due to population explosion and global warming. Parabolic Trough Collectors …

Cu-water nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a heat exchanger tube equipped with cross-cut twisted tape

ME Nakhchi, JA Esfahani - Powder technology, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical analysis for Cu-water nanofluid flow through a circular duct
inserted with cross-cut twisted tape with alternate axis (CCTA). Three dimensional (RNG) k …

Enhancing convective heat transfer in laminar and turbulent flow regions using multi-channel twisted tape inserts

A Saysroy, S Eiamsa-Ard - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Numerical analysis of the thermal and fluid behaviors of the tubes with multi-channel twisted
tapes has been investigated under constant wall temperature condition. The multi-channel …

Influence of heat enhancement technique on the thermal performance of solar water heater for sustainable built environment. Start-of-the-art review

R Khargotra, T Alam, K Thu, K András… - Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water heater (SWH) is important and low-cost technology for transforming solar
radiation into heat energy that is utilized for commercial and industrial purposes. However …