Abstract: Low concentration collectors are usually recommended for water heating and refrigeration systems. The literature reveals lack of information on numerical modeling, experimental data, and thermal performance of eccentric ...

Abstract: Small wind turbines (WTs) are adequate for electricity generation in isolated areas to promote local expansion of commercial activities and social inclusion. Blade element momentum (BEM) method is usually used for performance ...

Abstract: Immersion of fins in latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems has been used as an influential approach to remedy the poor thermal conductivity of phase-change materials (PCMs). This paper numerically investigates ...

Abstract: A conduction model is developed to describe the phase change between the plates of a thermal storage system. The diffusion equation and the associated boundary, initial, and interface conditions are approximated numerically ...

Abstract: The high cost and poor performance of small wind turbines make them not widely used. In an attempt to meliorate this situation, the authors propose to investigate alternative airfoils with different chord and pitch angle ...