Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Recent submissions
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Drying Kinetics, Quality Assessment, and Economic Analysis of Bitter Gourd Flakes Drying Inside Forced Convection Greenhouse Dryer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A greenhouse dryer under forced convection mode is designed and fabricated with the integration of solar collector and variable speed exhaust fan. The developed system is used for bitter gourd flakes drying under three ... -
Importance of Shear in Site Assessment of Wind Turbine Fatigue Loads
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Wind turbines are subjected to fatigue loading during their entire lifetime due to the fluctuating excitation from the wind. To predict the fatigue damage, the design standard IEC 61400-1 describes how to parametrize an ... -
Enhancement in Exergoeconomic and Enviroeconomic Parameters for Single Slope Solar Still by Incorporating N Identical Partially Covered Photovoltaic Collectors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper deals with the enhancement in exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic parameters for single-slope solar still by incorporating N identical partially covered photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collectors. Three cases: (a) ... -
Energetic and Exergetic Performance of a Solar Flat-Plate Collector Working With Cu Nanofluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The evaluation of the performance and characteristics of a solar flat-plate collector (FPC) are reported for domestic and industrial requirements in the existing literature. A computer code was developed using matlab to ... -
Design, Modeling, and Characterization of a 10 kWe Metal Halide High Flux Solar Simulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)We present the design and characterization of a high flux solar simulator (HFSS) based on metal halide lamps and built from commercially available components. The HFSS that we present was developed to support the evaluation ... -
Evaluation of the Effect of Spar Cap Fiber Angle of Bending–Torsion Coupled Blades on the Aero-Structural Performance of Wind Turbines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper presents a comprehensive study of the evaluation of the effect of spar cap fiber orientation angle of composite blades with induced bending–torsion coupling (IBTC) on the aero-structural performance wind turbines. ... -
Comparison of Solar Tracking and Fixed-Tilt Photovoltaic Modules in Lodz
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The world energy consumption has exhibited high growth over the last several decades. Alternative energy sources like photovoltaic (PV) systems generate electricity, reduce pollution air, and have little environmental ... -
Quantitative Assessment of Phase Change Material Utilization for Building Cooling Load Abatement in Composite Climatic Condition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The global trend of energy consumption shows that buildings consume around 48% of the total energy, of which, over 50% is for heating and cooling applications. This study elucidates on cooling load reduction with phase ... -
Combined Heat and Power Plant and District Heating and Cooling Network: A Test-Case in Italy With Integration of Renewable Energy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The 2012 European energy efficiency directive supported the development of cogeneration combined heat and power (CHP) and district heating and cooling (DHC) networks, stressing the benefits of a more efficient energy supply, ... -
Design of Phase Change Material Based Domestic Solar Cooking System for Both Indoor and Outdoor Cooking Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper mainly focuses on the design of solar concentric parabolic cooker with proper arrangement of phase change material (PCM) heat storage system. The receiver is a hollow concentric cylinder with inner and outer ... -
URB-Solar: An Open-Source Tool for Solar Power Prediction in Urban Areas
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The accurate prediction of the direct and diffuse solar radiation is of foremost importance for deployment of photovoltaic (PV) systems. A number of solar radiation forecasting techniques have been developed for longer and ... -
Sizing of Photovoltaic-Wind-Battery Hybrid System for a Mediterranean Island Community Based on Estimated and Measured Meteorological Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Deploying renewable energy systems (RES) to supply electricity faces many challenges related to cost and the variability of the renewable resources. One possible solution to these challenges is to hybridize RES with ... -
Efficiency Improvement of a Photovoltaic Module Using Front Surface Cooling Method in Summer and Winter Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Photovoltaic (PV) cells exhibit long-term degradation, when its temperature exceeds a certain limit. On the other hand, decreasing the temperature results in lower PV cell efficiency. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate ... -
Performance Prediction and Assessment of Energy Conservation Potential for a Light Pipe System in Indian Composite Climate of New Delhi
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Light pipes are popularly used for transporting outdoor sunlight into deep spaces of the building, and hence, use of artificial lighting could be substantially reduced. Performance prediction of a light pipe is an essential ... -
Evaluation on the Performance of Photovoltaic–Thermal Hybrid System Using CO2 as a Working Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In this study, the CO2-based photovoltaic–thermal hybrid system has been investigated with an objective to increase the power generation efficiency in photovoltaic solar panel and to improve the performance of supercritical ... -
Building Integrated Photovoltaic Module-Based on Aluminum Substrate With Forced Water Cooling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The increase of operating temperature on a photovoltaic (PV) cell degrades its electrical efficiency. This paper is organized to describe our latest design of an aluminum substrate—based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system. ... -
Assessment of the Energy Gain of Photovoltaic Systems by Using Solar Tracking in Equatorial Regions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Solar tracking is a major alternative to increase the electric output of a photovoltaic (PV) module, and therefore, improves the global energy collected by PV systems. Nonetheless, solar-tracking PV systems require more ... -
A Comprehensive Review of Solar Milk Pasteurization System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Solar pasteurization system is used to kill harmful bacteria present in the raw milk. It is carried out in dairy industries with the help of boiler and using wood or coal for heating of the milk. Due to the increment of ... -
Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Parabolic Trough Collector Based on Geometry Modifications and Working Fluid Usage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The parabolic trough collector (PTC) is one of the most widely deployed concentrating solar power technology in the world. This study aims at improving the operational efficiency of the commercially available LS-2 solar ... -
Modeling and Design Method for an Adaptive Wind Turbine Blade With Out-of-Plane Twist
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A modeling framework to analyze a wind turbine blade subjected to an out-of-plane transformation is presented. The framework combines aerodynamic and mechanical models to support an automated design process. The former ...