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Thermal‐Hydraulic Analysis of Parabolic Trough Collectors Using Straight Conical Strip Inserts with Nanofluids [PDF]
, 2021 In this study, we numerically investigated the effect of swirl inserts with and withoutnanofluids over a range of Reynolds numbers for parabolic trough collectors with non‐uniformheating.
Ilyas Khurshid +10 more
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Generic and Open-Source Exergy Analysis—Extending the Simulation Framework TESPy
Energies, 2022 Exergy-based methods support the identification of thermodynamic inefficiencies and the discovery of optimization potentials in thermal engineering applications.
Francesco Witte +4 more
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International Journal of Photoenergy, 2022 Thermal photovoltaic systems are used to harness solar energy to generate electricity and thermal at the same time. In this technology, electrical efficiency is very low compared to thermal efficiency; as the cell surface temperature rises, the ...
Reza Alayi +4 more
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Study of available thermal energy on OTEC
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2018 Thermal efficiency is commonly applied in the power plants for the purpose of evaluating heat engines. However, the maximization of the thermal efficiency does not lead the maximization of the available power output from ocean thermal energy conversion ...
Takeshi YASUNAGA +2 more
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Exergy Analysis of a Shell and Tube Energy Storage Unit with Different Inclination Angles
Energies, 2023 To optimize the utilization of solar energy in the latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system, this study conducts exergy analysis on a paraffin-solar water shell and tube unit established in the literature to evaluate the effects of different ...
Li Peng +3 more
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Analysis of the Exergy of Combustion the Diesel and Biodiesel Fuel in a DI Diesel Engine [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2019 Introduction In recent years, the exergy analysis method has been widely used in the design, simulation and performance assessment of various thermal systems.
G Khoobbakht
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, 2023 In this study, the effect of the fin surface on the electrical performance of passively cooled photovoltaics (PV) modules equipped with flat (PVf) and tread (PVt) surface finned heat sinks was experimentally investigated.
Selimli, S., Dumrul, H., Ekiz, A.
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Entropy, 2022 A multi-objective optimization based on the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is carried out in the present work for the basic organic Rankine cycle (BORC) and regenerative ORC (RORC) systems. The selection of working fluids is integrated
Yuhao Zhou +3 more
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International Journal of Thermofluids, 2022 The temperature rising of the photovoltaic (PV) modules is a major issue leading to a reduction in their conversion efficiency and low output power. Therefore, removing heat from the PV module is necessary to permanently work and improve the electrical ...
Mohammed Alktranee +5 more
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Energy, Entropy and Exergy Concepts and Their Roles in Thermal Engineering [PDF]
Entropy, 2001 Energy, entropy and exergy concepts come from thermodynamics and are applicable to all fields of science and engineering. Therefore, this article intends to provide background for better understanding of these concepts and their differences among various classes of life support systems with a diverse coverage.
Ibrahim Dincer, Yunus A. Cengel
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