[HTML][HTML] The compound parabolic concentrators for solar photovoltaic applications: Opportunities and challenges

F Masood, NBM Nor, I Elamvazuthi, R Saidur, MA Alam… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The amount of electrical energy produced by a given solar photovoltaic module can be
increased by using concentrated solar radiation. The task can be accomplished by …

Design and development of compound parabolic concentrating for photovoltaic solar collector

AH Jaaz, HA Hasan, K Sopian, MHBH Ruslan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite about five decades of development, commercial solar energy has not yet unable to
penetrate the electric and gas options. For this particular reason, designing compound …

Performance investigation of low–Concentration photovoltaic systems under hot and arid conditions: Experimental and numerical results

MS Yousef, AKA Rahman, S Ookawara - Energy Conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, a comparative performance analysis was performed between a conventional
photovoltaic system and a low-concentration photovoltaic system. Two typical photovoltaic …

Optical performance investigation on flat receiver for parabolic trough solar collector based on the MCRT method

Y Hou, X Yu, B Yang, S Liu, Y Qi - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough solar collector (PTC) system with a flat receiver is widely used in
concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (CPV/T) systems, where the flat receiver and PTC are the …

Experimental and theoretical model of a concentrating photovoltaic and thermal system

C Renno, F Petito - Energy conversion and management, 2016 - Elsevier
The experimental and theoretical analysis of a concentrating photovoltaic and thermal
system (CPV/T) presented in this paper allows to evaluate the electrical parameters of the …

Thermal and energy performance investigation of a smart double skin facade integrating vanadium dioxide through CFD simulations

O Iken, M Dlimi, R Agounoun, I Kadiri, K Sbai - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Double skin facades (DSFs) are known by their capacity to generate a natural heating
energy during winter by increasing the greenhouse effect in the air cavity between the inner …

A novel free-form Cassegrain concentrator for PV/T combining utilization

X Meng, X Xia, C Sun, Y Li, X Li - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The conventional imaging solar concentrators normally obtain a Gaussian distribution on the
receiving surface. The aperture size of a thermal receiver (TR) is always limited primarily to …

Solar lighting systems applied in photocatalysis to treat pollutants–A review

AX Maldonado Pérez, JJ Pérez Bueno - Reviews on Advanced …, 2023 - degruyter.com
This work summarizes the different natural lighting systems applied for pollutant treatment
systems using photocatalysis. The principles and fundamentals of the technologies used are …

Using static concentrator technology to achieve global energy goal

A Alamoudi, SM Saaduddin, AB Munir… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Solar energy has demonstrated promising prospects in satisfying energy requirements,
specifically through solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. Despite that, the cost of installation is …

Theoretical and experimental evaluation of the working fluid temperature levels in a CPV/T system

C Renno - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
A linear focus Concentrator Photovoltaic and Thermal (CPV/T) system can match the thermal
demands of a user. The evaluation of the cooling fluid temperature levels of a CPV/T system …