Illuminating sustainability: a comprehensive review of the environmental life cycle and exergetic impacts of solar systems on the agri-food sector

B Hamidinasab, H Javadikia, F Hosseini-Fashami… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The developing agri-food sector significantly boosts food production and plays a crucial role
in resolving the global food crisis. This development is valuable when accompanied by …

Assessment of an innovative hybrid system of PVT-driven RO desalination unit integrated with solar dish concentrator as preheating unit

M Abdelgaied, AS Abdullah, AE Kabeel… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The specific power consumption in RO desalination plants is one of the most effective
parameters involved in optimizing the design and operation of these plants for the treatment …

Performance analysis of parabolic type solar water heater by using copper-dimpled tube with aluminum coating

A Munusamy, D Barik, P Sharma, BJ Medhi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
A solar water heater has been developed to convert solar radiation into heat for use in
residential and commercial settings. The collector makes up the bulk of a solar water heating …

Performance, economic, and statistical analysis assessment for the hybrid solar dish concentrator with turbine, generator, and reverse osmosis desalination unit

MS Ahmed, MM Aboelmaaref, J Zhao, Y Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of a thermodynamically modeled hybrid commercial solar dish with
reverse osmosis is conducted in this study with a rated concentrate thermal and a receiver …

Concentrating solar cookers in urban areas: Establishing usefulness through realistic intermediate temperature rating and grading

AA Sagade, X Apaolaza-Pagoaga, CR Ruivo… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Concentrating Solar Cookers (CSCs) are well-known for fast cooking and can
significantly contribute to attaining the United Nation's sustainable development goals …

Low-cost solar concentrating collector-receiver system as an effective enabler for clean cooking and heating in urban areas

AA Sagade, A Mawire, R Palma-Behnke, NA Sagade - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work reports a dual-purpose solar concentrating cooker's design and thermal
performance. The uniqueness of the proposed system is the simultaneous dual-mode …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of two solar cooking storage pots using parabolic dish solar concentrators during solar and storage cooking periods with different heating loads

A Mawire, K Lentswe, P Owusu - Results in Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A comparative experimental study on the effect of different cooking loads for two solar
cooking pots incorporated with different thermal energy storage (TES) materials is …

Experimental and computational analysis of aluminum-coated dimple and plain tubes in solar water heater system

D Barik, MA Saeed, T Ramachandran - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solar power is often regarded as one of the most promising forms of alternative energy since
it is both sustainable and renewable. It is difficult to utilize and benefit from solar energy in …

[HTML][HTML] Design development of an economic solar paraboloidal concentrator for industrial process heat generation

S Kumar, S Mahavar, A Mawire, CR Ruivo - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The design parameters, structure design and component materials of a solar dish
concentrator system extensively affect its performance, operation, cost and maintenance …

Enabling open sun cooling method-based estimation of effective concentration factor/ratio for concentrating type solar cookers

AA Sagade, SK Samdarshi, NA Sagade, PS Panja - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The solar cooker is a vital device to attain sustainable development goals. Solar
concentrating cookers (SCCs) are preferred mostly for intermediate to high-temperature …