Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Recent submissions
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Inverse Design of Single- and Multi-Rotor Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A method for inverse design of horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) is presented in this paper. The direct solver for aerodynamic analysis solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations, where the effect of ... -
Wind Effect Modeling and Analysis for Estimation of Photovoltaic Module Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules in outdoor field conditions is adversely affected by the rise in module operating temperature. Wind flow around the module affects its temperature significantly, which ultimately ... -
Exergy Analysis of the Annual Operation of a Sugarcane Cogeneration Power Plant Assisted by Linear Fresnel Solar Collectors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In this work, the exergy analysis of two configurations of hybrid solar–sugarcane cogeneration power plant is proposed in order to evaluate the overall efficiency enhancement of the cycle. Solar thermal energy was coupled ... -
Investigation of Street Lamp With Automatic Solar Tracking System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A street lamp with automatic solar tracking system can control the adjusting mechanism of azimuth and altitude so that the solar panel may adapt itself to the sunlight to improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency. ... -
Modeling and Optimization of Transparent Thermal Insulation Material
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Radiative properties of transparent insulations made of a layer of parallel, small-diameter, thin-walled, visible light transparent pipes placed perpendicularly to the surface of a flat solar absorber are investigated ... -
Alternative Mooring Systems for a Very Large Offshore Wind Turbine Supported by a Semisubmersible Floating Platform
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)As offshore wind turbines supported on floating platforms extend to deep waters, the various effects involved in the dynamics, especially those resulting from the influence of moorings, become significant when predicting ... -
Design and Development of a Fiber-Optic Hybrid Day-Lighting System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The primary objective of this study was to develop a fiber-optic hybrid day-lighting system for mobile application such as military shelters in order to cut energy use and the use of fossil fuels. The scope included the ... -
Direct Power Output Forecasts From Remote Sensing Image Processing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A direct methodology for intra-day forecasts (1–6 h ahead) of power output (PO) from photovoltaic (PV) solar plants is proposed. The forecasting methodology uses publicly available images from geosynchronous satellites to ... -
Radiation Absorption in a Particle Curtain Exposed to Direct High-Flux Solar Irradiation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Radiation absorption is investigated in a particle curtain formed in a solar free-falling particle receiver. An Eulerian–Eulerian granular two-phase model is used to solve the two-dimensional mass and momentum equations ... -
The Mechanical Analysis of an All-Glass Solar Evacuated Tube With Spiral Inner Tube for Seawater Desalination
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Solar desalination is an important way to obtain fresh water. Nowadays, the all-glass evacuated tube with only one open end (blind pipe) is widely used in hot-water system, and the glass-metal evacuated tube is commonly ... -
Design and Characterization of a Trailer-Based Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Test Rig
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper presents a mobile testing rig developed for small wind turbine (SWT) experimental work to orchestrate, cost-effectively, turbine performance characterization in both controlled wind inflow speeds and turbulent ... -
Experimental and Modeling Study on Solar System Using Linear Fresnel Lens and Thermoelectric Module
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This work is concerned with an experimental design for generating power from thermoelectric generator (TEG) and linear Fresnel lens collector with one-axis solar tracking system. Main purpose of this experimental design ... -
Scenario-Based Multi-Objective Optimization of an Air-Based Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In this paper, a genetic algorithm-based multi-objective optimization of a building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system is carried out to find the best system configurations which lead to maximum energetic and ... -
Use of Silicone Oil and Coconut Oil as Liquid Spectrum Filters for BSPVT: With Emphasis on Degradation of Liquids by Sunlight
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The solar photovoltaic thermal system (PVT) facilitates conversion of incoming solar radiations into heat and electricity simultaneously. The beam split photovoltaic thermal system (BSPVT) is one of the PVT systems. In ... -
Exergy Analysis of a Flat Plate Solar Collector With Grooved Absorber Tube Configuration Using Aqueous ZnO–Ethylene Glycol
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In this study, the exergetic performance of a flat plate solar collector (FPSC) setup with ZnO-based ethylene glycol (EG)/water nanofluid as a working fluid has been evaluated against that of EG/water. As a passive means ... -
Macro Flat-Plate Solar Thermal Collector With Rectangular Channels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A macro rectangular-channel flat-plate solar thermal collector is designed and examined in this study. It consists of a set of adjacent macro rectangular channels formed between the upper, lower, and fin-parts of an absorber ... -
Thermal Modeling of a Rooftop Photovoltaic/Thermal System With Earth Air Heat Exchanger for Combined Power and Space Heating
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Earth air heat exchanger (EAHE) systems are inefficient to provide thermal comfort in winter season for semi-arid regions. The performance of such systems could be improved by coupling them with other renewable energy ... -
Experimental Investigation of Using a Novel Insulation Material on the Functioning of a Solar Thermal Collector
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This research document presents a new insulation material for solar thermal collectors. Tests were carried out in the laboratory, on an active solar energy demonstration system (ET 200), illuminated with a halogen lamp ... -
Thermal Performance Evaluation of Textile Waste as an Alternative Solution for Heat Transfer Reduction in Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The potential applicability of a developed recycled textile material, based on acrylic spinning waste, as thermal insulation is conducted. The prepared acrylic spinning waste (AS) is thermo-physically characterized in terms ... -
Incidence-Angle- and Wavelength-Resolved Ray-Tracing Simulations of a Linear Fresnel Collector Using the In-House Software otsun
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The set of optical models that is implemented in ray-tracing software determines the accuracy of its output. A sensitivity analysis was carried out using a powerful in-house program, which provides a large number of surface ...