Solar thermal systems are advantageous since it is easier to store heat than electricity on a
large scale. As such, concentrated solar power is receiving considerable interest among …

Two type of receiver systems currently employed in solar parabolic trough collector
technology are evacuated annuli receivers and air filled annuli receivers. While former …

This paper discusses the utilization of a wind energy system as an alternative to traditional
sources of energy. It is aimed for studying how to convert kinetic energy from the wind to …

The increase trend in fuel price coupled with escalating carbon dioxide concentration and
energy security have encouraged the world to shift towards renewable energy sources …

Nanofluids have great potential in a wide range of fields including solar thermal
applications, where molten salt nanofluids have shown great potential as a heat transfer …

Considered to be the next generation of heat transfer fluids (HTFs), nanofluids have been
receiving a growing interest over the past decade. Molten salt nanofluids have been shown …

The energy collection element of a parabolic trough collector includes a selective coated
metallic receiver tube inside an evacuated glass tube. Perpendicularly incident sun light on …

The power production of wind turbines is experiencing an upward trend. However, on the
other hand, the wind turbine's performance slows down due to unseen changes in the …

This article explains a technique in which equations are developed to produce the
irradiance profile around the receiver of LS2 collector using a vigorouslyverified MCRT …

A parabolic trough collector (PTC) is the most proven concentrating collector system for
indirect steam generation in solar thermal power plants. The receiver of the collector is …