This work focuses on innovation in CSP technologies over the last decade. A multitude of
advancements has been developed during this period, as the topic of concentrated solar …

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 …

Considering the operating temperatures, there is a reasonable match between solar
concentrating collectors and some thermal-powered cooling technologies. Both current and …

This paper is aimed at characterizing the concentration process for LFRs, and to analyze the
use of different optical designs, including circular-cylindrical and parabolic-cylindrical …

The objective of the present investigation work is the analysis of a solar-driven refrigeration
unit with parabolic trough solar collectors. The refrigerator is a single-stage absorption …

Solar energy is the most sustainable and free source to manage the world energy demand.
One aspect of solar-driven energy supply can be observed in cooling systems. Recently …

The late exponential development of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology has
driven to a very high power installed worldwide, but with no time for global optimization of …

A linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) solar collector with modified V-shaped cavity receiver was
investigated both experimentally and theoretically in this paper. Simplified ray tracing …

In a linear Fresnel reflector field, parallel rows of reflectors in a collector direct the incident
sun rays towards a common linear receiver. Some portion of reflector aperture remains …

This study investigated orange-peel pyrolysis due to solar radiation that was applied as a
unique source of energy using a parabolic-trough solar concentrator. An optical analysis …