Among the various available renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal, tidal, bio
mass, etc., harnessing of solar energy has become quite popular in most of the countries …

In developing countries, industries and manufacturing sectors consume a major portion of
the total consumption of energy, where most of the energy is used for low, medium or high …

The conversion of carbon dioxide and water into fuels in a solar refinery presents a potential
solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while providing a sustainable source of …

In the present study, a review is conducted on the state-of-the-art research on the potential of
nano-fluids in parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) in solar thermal systems. PTCs are one of …

The use of solar thermal systems to produce heat for industrial processes is a feasible option
that is gaining increasing interest in recent years as an initiative toward the zero-carbon …

There is an increasing need to reduce fossil fuel consumption used for industrial process
heat to slow the effects of climate change. Using solar thermal heat is a viable way to …

Solar steam generation is a highly efficient photo-thermal conversion method that has a
wide range of applications in water purification, distillation, power plants, and seawater …

In recent years, many research works focused on improving and reducing the cost of solar
collectors. This paper focuses upon the development of an efficient modeling and …

Hybrid configurations that combine two different solar thermal collector technologies are
considered to improve the economic competitiveness of solar systems in district heating …

This article presents an outdoor test method to evaluate the optical and thermal performance
of parabolic-trough collectors of large size (length≥ 100 m), similar to those currently …