Thermo-hydraulic performance investigation of double pass solar air heater integrated with PCM-based thermal energy storage

A Hedau, SK Singal - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
The solar air heater (SAH) is one of the ways to utilize solar energy for the purpose of drying,
greenhouse heating and air conditioning. However, the SAHs are unable to deliver reliable …

A comprehensive review of rectangular duct solar air heaters featuring artificial roughness

R Shankar, R Kumar, AK Pandey, DS Thakur - Clean Energy, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Solar air heaters (SAHs) are widely used solar thermal systems with applications in diverse
sectors. However, its effectiveness is restrained by low convective heat transfer (HT) …

Beyond Personal Beliefs: The Impact of the Dominant Social Paradigm on Energy Transition Choices

J Platje, KA Kurek, P Berg, J van Ophem, A Styś… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Energy transition towards a local resilient energy supply is necessary for energy security.
Climate change and the threat of economic collapse are reasons to force society to become …

A bibliometric and scientific mapping of the research landscape and trending topics in building integrated photovoltaic systems

MK Paliwal, S Jakhar, V Sharma - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The present article aims to identify emerging trends in the building integrated photovoltaic
(BIPV) field through an analysis of the most prominent articles, authors, keywords, sources …

[HTML][HTML] Energy and exergy experimental analysis for innovative finned plate solar air heater

A Alrashidi, AA Altohamy, MA Abdelrahman… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this current experimental study, a flat absorber plate of a solar air heater (SAH) with
innovative straight interrupted fins arranged in a V-shaped pattern is analyzed using energy …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of spring-wire turbulators with different shapes on heat transfer improvement of solar air heaters; A numerical simulation

F Aldawi - Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the heat transfer and performance characteristics of a solar air heater
(SAH) equipped with spring-wire turbulators using a 3D verified CFD simulation process …

[HTML][HTML] Fusion of Hierarchical Optimization Models for Accurate Power Load Prediction

S Wan, Y Wang, Y Zhang, B Zhu, H Huang, J Liu - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Accurate power load forecasting is critical to achieving the sustainability of energy
management systems. However, conventional prediction methods suffer from low precision …

A comprehensive energy, water and carbon footprint analysis of petroleum fuel production in Iran: an allocation approach with uncertainty quantification

P Teymouri, R Dehghanzadeh, H Taghipour - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
Oil refining is the second major CO2 emission and water consumption (WC) stage in the life
cycle of a petroleum fuel. However, despite having high greenhouse gases (GHGs) …

[HTML][HTML] Heat Pipe-Based Cooling Enhancement for Photovoltaic Modules: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

S Ma, Y Jin, F Alam - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
High temperatures in photovoltaic (PV) modules lead to the degradation of electrical
efficiency. To address the challenge of reducing the temperature of photovoltaic modules …

The Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Wind–Photovoltaic–Hydro Hybrid Power Output Based on a Cloud Model and Copula Function

H Min, P He, C Li, L Yang, F Xiao - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
In a high proportion of wind–photovoltaic–hydro hybrid power systems, fluctuation and
dispersion make it difficult to accurately quantify the output characteristics. Therefore, in this …