Review of the solar flux distribution in concentrated solar power: Non-uniform features, challenges, and solutions

YL He, K Wang, Y Qiu, BC Du, Q Liang, S Du - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concentrated solar flux distribution in the concentrated solar power (CSP) systems is
extremely non-uniform, which can lead to high local temperature and large temperature …

Progress in the design and the applications of linear Fresnel reflectors–A critical review

E Bellos - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar concentrating power is one of the most promising ways of producing clean electricity
by utilizing the incident solar irradiation on the earth. Linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) is one of …

Naturally ventilated folded double-skin façade (DSF) for PV integration-geometry evaluation via thermal performance investigation

J Ahmadi, M Mahdavinejad, OK Larsen… - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Studying the thermal performance of Double Skin Facades (DSFs) with vertical layers has
dominated the literature, however, there is still a lack of in-depth research on the …

Evaluating the different boundary conditions to simulate airflow and heat transfer in Double-Skin Facade

J Ahmadi, M Mahdavinejad, OK Larsen, C Zhang… - Building …, 2022 - Springer
The CFD simulation accuracy mostly depends on the appropriate setting of boundary
conditions and numerical simulation parameters. This study shows the influence of two types …

A review of linear Fresnel primary optical design methodologies

AE Rungasamy, KJ Craig, JP Meyer - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Linear Fresnel collector plants represent a promising line-focusing concentrating solar
thermal technology that has not yet reached commercial maturity. This technology has many …

A comprehensive model for analysis of real-time optical performance of a solar power tower with a multi-tube cavity receiver

Y Qiu, YL He, P Li, BC Du - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A comprehensive model and corresponding code named after SPTOPTIC for analysis of the
real-time optical performance of a Solar Power Tower (SPT) with a Multi-Tube Cavity …

A fully coupled numerical simulation of a hybrid concentrated photovoltaic/thermal system that employs a therminol VP-1 based nanofluid as a spectral beam filter

X Ju, MM Abd El-Samie, C Xu, H Yu, X Pan, Y Yang - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The realistic numerical modelling of multiphysics applications is an efficient way to precisely
predict the operation of concentrated solar systems. Although many multiphysics …

Effect of surface cooling and tube thickness on the performance of a high temperature standalone tubular solar still

M Elashmawy - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study describes the effect of the surface cooling and thickness on the
performance of the high temperature standalone tubular solar still (HTS-TSS). TSS is …

[HTML][HTML] Directly irradiated liquid metal film in an ultra-high temperature solar cavity receiver. Part 2: Coupled CFD and radiation analysis

TI Abdelsalam, Z Tian, A Robinson - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel solar cavity receiver was proposed in Part 1 to facilitate operation at ultra-high
temperatures (> 1300 K). The concept featured enclosing a directly irradiated liquid metal …

Three-dimensional numerical investigation of a hybrid low concentrated photovoltaic/thermal system

MM Abd El-Samie, X Ju, Z Zhang, SA Adam, X Pan… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Concentrated photovoltaic/thermal hybrid collectors have received ever-increasing attention
due to the simultaneous output of electric and thermal energy. For further improvement of …