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Nanofluids for Direct-Absorption Solar Collectors—DASCs: A Review on Recent Progress and Future Perspectives [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2023 Owing to their superior optical and thermal properties over conventional fluids, nanofluids represent an innovative approach for use as working fluids in direct-absorption solar collectors for efficient solar-to-thermal energy conversion. The application
Hussein Sayed Moghaieb +5 more
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Energy Reports, 2020 Recently, the use of solar thermal collectors has increased significantly. In the present work, energy, exergy, enviroeconomic and exergoeconomic analyses of various solar thermal collectors are investigated.
Weibiao Huang, Mohammad Marefati
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Low-Cost Solar Collectors to Pre-Heat Ventilation Air in Broiler Houses
Energies, 2022 The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of a low-cost solar collector to pre-heat ventilation air in commercial broiler buildings on supplemental heating demand and air quality during the cold season. Six black fabric-based solar collectors
Yi Liang +2 more
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An Updated Review of Solar Cooling Systems Driven by Photovoltaic–Thermal Collectors
Energies, 2023 Solar cooling systems are widely used in the building sector, as they can utilize low-grade solar energy to reduce carbon emissions. To improve the thermodynamic performance and economic performance of solar cooling systems, solar cooling systems driven ...
Cong Jiao, Zeyu Li
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Energies, 2020 In Poland, various solar collector systems are used; among them, the most popular are flat plate collectors (FPCs) and evacuated tube collectors (ETCs). The work presents two installations located at a distance of 80 km apart, working in similar external
Piotr Olczak +2 more
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Assessment of the Trilateral Flash Cycle potential for efficient solar energy conversion in Europe
Energy Conversion and Management: X, 2023 The potential of the Trilateral Flash Cycle (TFC) for the efficient conversion of solar energy to power in Europe is assessed in this work. A numerical analysis of a Solar-TFC thermal power unit is performed, by applying an in-house numerical model. Flat
Anastasios Skiadopoulos +6 more
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Economic Analysis of Flat-Plate and U-Tube Solar Collectors Using an Al2O3 Nanofluid
Energies, 2017 In this study, the efficiencies of flat-plate and U-tube solar collectors were investigated experimentally when an Al2O3 nanofluid was used as a working fluid and compared to those of solar collectors using water.
Woobin Kang, Yunchan Shin, Honghyun Cho
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Enhancements in Thermal energy storage systems employed in Solar Thermal Collectors [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThermal projects are gaining popularity in the solar energy research community owing to their substantial energy storage density and efficiency in converting energy. Solar thermal collectors are technologies made to capture solar radiation and convert it
Rahman F., Lalnunthari
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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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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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