Progress in beam-down solar concentrating systems

E Bellos - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Concentrating solar technologies are promising renewable energy systems for exploiting
incident beam solar irradiation with high exergy efficiency values. These systems provide …

Using machine learning approaches to model and optimize a combined solar/natural gas-based power and freshwater cogeneration system

H Shakibi, A Shokri, E Assareh, M Yari, M Lee - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Problems of sustainable development and environmental protection pose a challenge to
humanity unprecedented in scope and complexity. Whether and how the problems are …

[HTML][HTML] A review of hydrogen production from onboard ammonia decomposition: Maritime applications of concentrated solar energy and boil-off gas recovery

D Andriani, Y Bicer - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing interest in the potential role of hydrogen in reducing CO 2 emissions as an
energy carrier has significant implications in the natural gas industry. Hydrogen will …

A new design for a built-in hybrid energy system, parabolic dish solar concentrator and bioenergy (PDSC/BG): A case study–Libya

YF Nassar, HJ El-khozondar, AA Ahmed… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research aims to promote the sustainable utilization of locally available,
environmentally friendly resources, making a substantial contribution to both mitigating …

Integrated optical-thermal model and deep learning technique to estimate the performance of a conical cavity receiver coupled solar parabolic dish collector

A Rajan, KS Reddy - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
An integrated optical-thermal model was developed by adopting ray tracing using the Monte-
Carlo algorithm and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for evaluating the performance of …

A review of the techno-economic potential and environmental impact analysis through life cycle assessment of parabolic trough collector towards the contribution of …

P Saini, S Singh, P Kajal, A Dhar, N Khot… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Parabolic trough collectors (PT Cs) are efficient solar energy harvesting devices utilized in
various industries, for instance, space heating, solar cooling, solar drying, pasteurization …

A review on heat extraction devices for CPVT systems with active liquid cooling

K Papis-Frączek, K Sornek - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Numerous numerical and experimental studies have been conducted regarding the
Concentrated Photovoltaic Thermal (CPVT) system because of its significant potential for …

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 …

Optical performance evaluation of a large solar dish/Stirling power generation system under self-weight load based on optical-mechanical integration method

J Yan, YD Peng, YX Liu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar dish concentrator system is an optical device that provides high quality thermal source
for thermodynamic devices such as Stirling heat engine, the structural deformation caused …

Optical, thermal and exergy analysis of a beam-down linear Fresnel reflector coupled with a flat plate receiver

C Sammoutos, E Bellos, A Kitsopoulou, P Lykas… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Beam-down concentrating solar systems are innovative and promising concentrating
technologies that consist of two reflections aiming to concentrate the solar irradiation on the …