Mathematical Modeling and Optimization of Vanadium-Titanium Black Ceramic Solar Collectors
Energies, 2021 The vanadium-titanium black ceramic (VTBC) coating on all-ceramic solar collectors has both high absorptance (0.94) and high emissivity (90%). However, the thermal conductivity of ceramic is very low (1.256 W/mK).
Ding Ding, Wenjing He, Chunlu Liu
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Recent progress on flat plate solar collectors equipped with nanofluid and turbulator: state of the art. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 This paper reviews the impacts of employing inserts, nanofluids, and their combinations on the thermal performance of flat plate solar collectors. The present work outlines the new studies on this specific kind of solar collector.
Zaboli M +3 more
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Efficiency limits of concentrating spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) solar collectors and systems. [PDF]
Light Sci Appl, 2021 Spectral splitting is an approach to the design of hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors that promises significant performance benefits. However, the ultimate efficiency limits, optimal PV cell materials and optical filters of spectral-splitting ...
Huang G, Wang K, Markides CN.
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Partial velocity slip effect on working magneto non-Newtonian nanofluids flow in solar collectors subject to change viscosity and thermal conductivity with temperature. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Solar thermal collectors distribute, capture, and transform the solar energy into a solar thermal concentration device. The present paper provides a mathematical model for analyzing the flow characteristics and transport of heat to solar collectors (SCs)
Jamshed W +8 more
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A Comprehensive Review on Efficiency Enhancement of Solar Collectors Using Hybrid Nanofluids
Energies, 2022 Because of its potential to directly transform solar energy into heat and energy, without harmful environmental effects such as greenhouse gas emissions.
A. S. F. Mahamude +9 more
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The Various Designs of Storage Solar Collectors: A Review
International Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 2022 The use of solar energy to heat water is the more critical application of solar energy. Researchers are trying to develop different methods to improve the efficiency of solar water heaters to meet the increasing demand for hot water due to global ...
O. Ahmed +4 more
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, 2022 Solar energy is being widely investigated due to its abundant, renewable, and clean features. Photo‐thermal conversion in solar collectors is a direct approach for harvesting solar energy.
Nianben Zheng +3 more
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Enhancing the solar-to-thermal energy conversion in high vacuum flat plate solar collectors [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2022 In solar flat plate collectors, the high vacuum insulation suppresses the convective losses increasing the collector efficiency. The solar-to-thermal energy conversion efficiency in such solar thermal collectors is mainly defined by the optical and ...
Russo Roberto +7 more
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Energies, 2020 Industrial low-temperature processes are a promising sector for the introduction of solar collectors, which can partially, and in some cases, completely, replace traditional heat supply technologies.
Svetlana Ratner +3 more
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Assessment of the annual performance of solar collectors by means of the utilizability method [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 This report presents some results from a comparative analysis of the long-term efficiency of flat-plate and evacuated tube solar collectors under different operating conditions.
Zlateva Merima
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