A review of the enhancement of solar thermal collectors using nanofluids and turbulators

A Aissa, NAA Qasem, A Mourad, H Laidoudi… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanofluids are viewed as an effective way to increase the efficiency of solar energy systems.
Their importance is illustrated by enhancing the thermal conductivity of heat transfer fluids …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional and emerging CSP technologies and design modifications: research status and recent advancements

MI Alam, MM Nuhash, A Zihad, TH Nakib… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ever-increasing impact of burning carbon fuels puts a worldwide trend to shift to renewable
energy resources to contribute to a sustainable environment, energy and economy …

Thermal performance analysis of flat surface solar receiver with square tubular fins for a parabolic dish collector

E Vengadesan, P Gurusamy, R Senthil - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A parabolic dish collector (PDC) with a flat surface solar receiver performs poorly due to
more heat loss, although reaching higher temperatures. Hence, the current study introduces …

Evaluation of performance, energy, and exergy analysis of a solar parabolic dish collector connected to a dryer with nanofluid and PCM

MSB Jahromi, V Kalantar… - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the utilization of an indirect solar drying system
coupled with a solar parabolic dish collector for drying the medicinal plant Teucrium polium …

Integrated optical and thermal model to investigate the performance of a solar parabolic dish collector coupled with a cavity receiver

A Rajan, KS Reddy - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The cavity receiver is the most promising type of receiver, which drops the heat loss and
converts the incoming concentrated radiation to useful energy. In this work, the coupled …

Numerical investigation to optimize the modified cavity receiver for enhancement of thermal performance of solar parabolic dish collector system

NA Pratik, MH Ali, N Lubaba, N Hasan… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The concentrated parabolic dish collector (PDC) systems are widely utilized for the purpose
of generating high-temperature heat by receiving and converting solar energy efficiently into …

Thermoelectric system investigation with the combination of solar concentration, greenhouse and radiative cooling for all-day power generation

Z Yang, F Wang, Z Fu, Y Dong, H Zou, X Chen, Y Yan… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generator (TEG) can utilize solar heating to generate electricity without any
fossil fuel consumption. However, conventional solar driven TEG fails to achieve high …

Experimental performance evaluation of a solar parabolic dish collector using spiral flow path receiver

SK Vishnu, R Senthil - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The solar receiver design plays a crucial role in the performance and efficiency of a
parabolic dish solar collector. This experimental study examines a finned spiral flow path …

Energy, economic and environmental analysis of an evacuated tube solar collector using hybrid nanofluid

SM Henein, AA Abdel-Rehim, K El-Nagar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Hybrid nanofluids are novel advanced fluids that improve sustainable energy production. In
the current study, the performance of the evacuated tube solar collector is experimentally …

A review of recent developments in the application of machine learning in solar thermal collector modelling

M Vakili, SA Salehi - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Over the past few decades, the popularity of solar thermal collectors has increased
dramatically because of many significant advantages like being a free, natural …