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Nonimaging Behavior of Circular Trough Concentrators With Tubular Receivers

Matteo Timpano, Thomas A. Cooper
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Sol. Energy Eng. February 2024, 146(1): 011002.
Paper No: SOL-22-1178
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062482
Published Online: May 25, 2023
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Topics: Design, Hazardous substances, Mirrors, Parabolic troughs, Reflection, Solar energy, Geometry, Radiation (Physics), Ray tracing
Journal Articles

Comparative Study of Different Tube Geometries of Evacuated Tube Solar Collector

Juri Sonowal, Mrinal Bhowmik, P. Muthukumar, R. Anandalakshmi
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2023, 145(5): 051009.
Paper No: SOL-22-1232
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056904
Published Online: March 7, 2023
View Article titled, Comparative Study of Different Tube Geometries of Evacuated Tube Solar Collector
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Topics: Fluids, Heat, Heat transfer, Solar collectors, Solar energy, Temperature, Thermal efficiency, Geometry
Journal Articles

A Numerical Investigation Into the Flow Development and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Different Tube Geometry Configurations in a Water in Glass Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heater

K. Roshith, James Varghese
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2022, 144(6): 061012.
Paper No: SOL-21-1334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054471
Published Online: June 24, 2022
View Article titled, A Numerical Investigation Into the Flow Development and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Different Tube Geometry Configurations in a Water in Glass Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heater
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Topics: Flow (Dynamics), Fluids, Heat transfer, Solar energy, Temperature, Water, Geometry, Buoyancy, Heat flux, Glass
Journal Articles

Performance of a Solar Chimney With a Modified Collector Geometry: A Case Study From Erbil to the North of Iraq

Dara Khalid Khidhir, Soorkeu A. Atrooshi
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Sol. Energy Eng. February 2020, 142(1): 011010.
Paper No: SOL-19-1032
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044371
Published Online: September 3, 2019
View Article titled, Performance of a Solar Chimney With a Modified Collector Geometry: A Case Study From Erbil to the North of Iraq
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Topics: Solar energy, Temperature, Solar radiation, Air flow, Geometry
Journal Articles

Bladelets—Winglets on Blades of Wind Turbines: A Multiobjective Design Optimization Study

Sohail R. Reddy, George S. Dulikravich, Helmut Sobieczky, Manuel Gonzalez
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2019, 141(6): 061003.
Paper No: SOL-18-1234
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043657
Published Online: May 20, 2019
View Article titled, Bladelets—Winglets on Blades of Wind Turbines: A Multiobjective Design Optimization Study
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Topics: Blades, Design, Wind turbines, Optimization, Rotors, Geometry
Journal Articles

Latent Heat Storage: Container Geometry, Enhancement Techniques, and Applications—A Review

S. Arunachalam
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2019, 141(5): 050801.
Paper No: SOL-18-1250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043126
Published Online: March 27, 2019
View Article titled, Latent Heat Storage: Container Geometry, Enhancement Techniques, and Applications—A Review
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Topics: Containers, Geometry, Heat, Heat exchangers, Heat transfer, Latent heat, Melting, Phase change materials, Solar energy, Storage
Journal Articles

Numerical Modeling of a Novel Thermocline Thermal Storage for Concentrated Solar Power

M. Capocelli, G. Caputo, M. De Falco, I. Balog, V. Piemonte
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2019, 141(5): 051001.
Paper No: SOL-18-1421
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043082
Published Online: March 19, 2019
View Article titled, Numerical Modeling of a Novel Thermocline Thermal Storage for Concentrated Solar Power
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Topics: Computer simulation, Concentrating solar power, Engineering prototypes, Flow (Dynamics), Heat, Heat exchangers, Heat transfer, Modeling, Storage, Temperature
Journal Articles

Heat Transfer Augmentation Using an Innovative Helicoidal Finned Absorber Plate in a Solar Air Heater—A Numerical Study

Shantanu Purohit, N. Madhwesh, K. Vasudeva Karanth, N. Yagnesh Sharma
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. June 2019, 141(3): 031016.
Paper No: SOL-18-1205
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4042071
Published Online: December 24, 2018
View Article titled, Heat Transfer Augmentation Using an Innovative Helicoidal Finned Absorber Plate in a Solar Air Heater—A Numerical Study
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Topics: Fins, Flow (Dynamics), Friction, Geometry, Heat transfer, Reynolds number, Solar energy, Turbulence, Wire, Computational fluid dynamics
Journal Articles

URB-Solar: An Open-Source Tool for Solar Power Prediction in Urban Areas

Venugopalan S. G. Raghavan, Harish Gopalan
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Technical Briefs
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2018, 140(6): 064501.
Paper No: SOL-17-1447
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040756
Published Online: July 24, 2018
View Article titled, URB-Solar: An Open-Source Tool for Solar Power Prediction in Urban Areas
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Topics: Cities, Radiation (Physics), Solar energy, Algorithms, Solar power, Geometry, Solar radiation, Weather forecasting, Structures
Journal Articles

Analysis of Nanofluid-Based Parabolic Trough Collectors for Solar Thermal Applications

Justin P. Freedman, Hao Wang, Ravi S. Prasher
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2018, 140(5): 051008.
Paper No: SOL-17-1467
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039988
Published Online: May 29, 2018
View Article titled, Analysis of Nanofluid-Based Parabolic Trough Collectors for Solar Thermal Applications
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Topics: Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, Parabolic troughs, Solar energy, Temperature, Absorption, Emissions, Solar radiation, Geometry
Journal Articles

Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Parabolic Trough Collector Based on Geometry Modifications and Working Fluid Usage

Eric C. Okonkwo, Muhammad Abid, Tahir A. H. Ratlamwala
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2018, 140(5): 051009.
Paper No: SOL-17-1477
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040076
Published Online: May 29, 2018
View Article titled, Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Parabolic Trough Collector Based on Geometry Modifications and Working Fluid Usage
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Topics: Fluids, Geometry, Heat transfer, Temperature, Parabolic troughs, Thermal efficiency, Water, Nanofluids, Supercritical carbon dioxide
Journal Articles

Inverse Design of Single- and Multi-Rotor Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Behnam Moghadassian, Anupam Sharma
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. April 2018, 140(2): 021003.
Paper No: SOL-17-1090
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038811
Published Online: January 22, 2018
View Article titled, Inverse Design of Single- and Multi-Rotor Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Topics: Blades, Design, Rotors, Wind turbines, Geometry, Algorithms, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations, Turbines, Chords (Trusses)
Journal Articles

Fast Estimation of the Damage Equivalent Load in Blade Geometry Multidisciplinar Optimization

Fernando Echeverría Durá, Fermín Mallor Gimenez, Javier Sanz Corretge
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2017, 139(4): 041008.
Paper No: SOL-16-1407
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036636
Published Online: May 22, 2017
View Article titled, Fast Estimation of the Damage Equivalent Load in Blade Geometry Multidisciplinar Optimization
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Topics: Blades, Optimization, Stress, Wind turbines, Wind, Fatigue, Design, Geometry, Damage
Journal Articles

Computational Study of a Fixed Orientation Photovoltaic Compound Parabolic Concentrator

William Vance, Michael Gustafson, Hong Huang, James Menart
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. April 2017, 139(2): 021002.
Paper No: SOL-15-1164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035066
Published Online: November 10, 2016
View Article titled, Computational Study of a Fixed Orientation Photovoltaic Compound Parabolic Concentrator
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Topics: Photovoltaic cells, Solar energy, Geometry, Simulation, Radiation (Physics), Solar radiation
Journal Articles

Numbering-Up of Microscale Devices for Megawatt-Scale Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Solar Power Receivers

Kyle R. Zada, Matthew B. Hyder, M. Kevin Drost, Brian M. Fronk
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. December 2016, 138(6): 061007.
Paper No: SOL-15-1421
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034516
Published Online: September 19, 2016
View Article titled, Numbering-Up of Microscale Devices for Megawatt-Scale Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Solar Power Receivers
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Topics: Concentrating solar power, Convection, Design, Flow (Dynamics), Fluids, Heat transfer, Microscale devices, Solar energy, Supercritical carbon dioxide, Temperature
Journal Articles

Horizontal Inlets of Water Storage Tanks With Low Disturbance of Stratification

Corsin Gwerder, Lukas Lötscher, Jason Podhradsky, Matthias Kaufmann, Andreas Huggenberger, Simon Boller, Boris Meier, Igor Mojic, Michel Y. Haller
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2016, 138(5): 051011.
Paper No: SOL-15-1154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034228
Published Online: August 15, 2016
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Topics: Flow (Dynamics), Geometry, Simulation, Storage, Temperature, Computational fluid dynamics, Solar energy, Turbulence, Heating, Engineering simulation
Journal Articles

Optical Analysis of a Two Stage XX Concentrator for Parametric Trough Primary and Tubular Absorber With Application in Solar Thermal Energy Trough Power Plants

Juan Pablo Núnez Bootello, Henry Price, Manuel Silva Pérez, Manuel Doblaré Castellano
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2016, 138(4): 041002.
Paper No: SOL-15-1392
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032944
Published Online: April 5, 2016
View Article titled, Optical Analysis of a Two Stage XX Concentrator for Parametric Trough Primary and Tubular Absorber With Application in Solar Thermal Energy Trough Power Plants
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Topics: Design, Geometry, Glass, Mirrors, Power stations, Reflection, Solar thermal power, Ray tracing, Symmetry (Physics), Sensitivity analysis
Journal Articles

Secondary Concentrators to Achieve High Flux Radiation With Metal Halide Solar Simulators

Xue Dong, Graham J. Nathan, Zhiwei Sun, Peter J. Ashman, Dahe Gu
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2016, 138(4): 041001.
Paper No: SOL-15-1272
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032943
Published Online: April 5, 2016
View Article titled, Secondary Concentrators to Achieve High Flux Radiation With Metal Halide Solar Simulators
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Topics: Heat flux, Radiation (Physics), Ray tracing, Solar energy, Reflectance, Metals, Simulation, Geometry, Optimization
Journal Articles

Optical Analysis of a Two Stage XX Simultaneous Multiple Surface Concentrator for Parametric Trough Primary and Flat Absorber With Application in Direct Steam Generation Solar Thermal Plants

Juan Pablo Núnez Bootello, Henry Price, Manuel Silva Pérez, Manuel Doblaré Castellano
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. April 2016, 138(2): 021002.
Paper No: SOL-15-1213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032243
Published Online: January 11, 2016
View Article titled, Optical Analysis of a Two Stage XX Simultaneous Multiple Surface Concentrator for Parametric Trough Primary and Flat Absorber With Application in Direct Steam Generation Solar Thermal Plants
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Topics: Mirrors, Optics, Parabolic troughs, Solar energy, Steam, Wind, Stress, Geometry, Reflection
Journal Articles

Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube

Anissa Ghomrassi, Hatem Mhiri, Philippe Bournot
Journal: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2015, 137(5): 051003.
Paper No: SOL-15-1068
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030849
Published Online: October 1, 2015
View Article titled, Numerical Study and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Receiver Tube
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Topics: Computational fluid dynamics, Computer simulation, Fluids, Optimization, Parabolic troughs, Solar heating, Temperature, Glass, Heat flux, Computer software