Recent progress on flat plate solar collectors and photovoltaic systems in the presence of nanofluid: a review

M Sheikholeslami, SA Farshad, Z Ebrahimpour… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The current review presents empirical and numerical analyses of thermal performance
development in flat plate solar collectors (FPSCs). Generally, the productivity of photovoltaic …

A review on recent development of thermal performance enhancement methods of flat plate solar water heater

E Vengadesan, R Senthil - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review focusses on the recent developments in the thermo-economic
performance of solar water heating systems regarding the design, modification of thermo …

A review on the application of hybrid nanofluids for parabolic trough collector: Recent progress and outlook

AK Tiwari, V Kumar, Z Said, HK Paliwal - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
By far, the Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is the most established solar concentrating
technology worldwide. This paper draws a comparison among various studies done earlier …

[HTML][HTML] A review of high-temperature selective absorbing coatings for solar thermal applications

K Xu, M Du, L Hao, J Mi, Q Yu, S Li - Journal of Materiomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar selective absorbing coatings directly harvest solar energy in the form of heat. The
higher temperatures are required to drive higher power-cycle efficiencies in favor of lower …

Enhancing the optical and thermal efficiency of a parabolic trough collector–A review

GK Manikandan, S Iniyan, R Goic - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Among the various available renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal, tidal, bio
mass, etc., harnessing of solar energy has become quite popular in most of the countries …

Performance enhancement analysis of the flat plate collectors: a comprehensive review

SA Sakhaei, MS Valipour - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Enhancing thermal performance of flat plate collectors (FPCs) is an essential issue. This
review includes the investigations conducted on the thermal performance enhancement of …

Multi-layer solar selective absorber coatings based on W/WSiAlNx/WSiAlOyNx/SiAlOx for high temperature applications

A Al-Rjoub, L Rebouta, P Costa, LG Vieira - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A simulated and an experimental design of multilayer solar selective absorber coatings for
high temperature applications is presented in this study. The optical tandem is composed of …

Investigation on the effect of different coated absorber plates on the thermal efficiency of the flat-plate solar collector

SA Sakhaei, MS Valipour - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2020 - Springer
The aim of the present work is to compare thermal efficiency of three flat-plate collectors,
which are different in the type of coatings used in the absorber plate. The thermal efficiency …

Review on the progress of solar water heaters and their future perspectives

IR Nanda, NA Pambudi, M Aziz - Energy Technology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A solar water heater (SWH) converts solar radiation into thermal energy for various
purposes, and its technology has experienced numerous developments. Many studies have …

Low emissivity thin film coating to enhance the thermal conversion efficiency of selective solar absorber in high vacuum flat plate collectors

A Caldarelli, E Gaudino, D De Luca, U Farooq… - Thin Solid Films, 2023 - Elsevier
Industrial heat and cooling applications are an essential fraction of the overall energy
demand, mainly produced by fossil fuels. Solar thermal energy production can satisfy such a …