Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Recent submissions
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Design of a Single-Phase Switched Boost Inverter With Important Potential of Conversion in Variable Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this paper, a single-phase switched boost inverter is proposed. Dividing converted sources is a very popular technique in recent years, as well as the demand for high output voltage quality by the use of a small number ... -
Development and Performance of Roof-Based Building-Integrated Photovoltaic-Thermal Systems: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A building-integrated photovoltaic-thermal (BIPVT) system integrates building envelope and photovoltaic-thermal collectors to produce electricity and heat. In this paper, the electrical and thermal performance of roof-based ... -
Recovery of Partial Heat of Pyrolysis From Solar Thermal Collector for Thermochemical Conversion of Food Waste
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Biomass conversion processes can be energy intensive. There is a need to seek renewable sources to meet such energy demand. In this study, a partial heat of pyrolysis from a concentrated solar power (CSP)-based solar heat ... -
Energy Efficiency of Drying Kinetics Process of Hydroxide Sludge Wastes in an Indirect Convection Solar Dryer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The treatment of sludge, which is produced from raw water treatment, has been considered as an ecologically sensitive problem in terms of energy and pollution. In this context, this study presents many series of solar ... -
High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated by a Hybrid Physical–Chemical Vapor Deposition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)For the first time, we used a hybrid physical–chemical vapor deposition (HPCVD) method to fabricate perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on perovskite films with both organic cations and halogen anions. A high power conversion ... -
Thermophysical Properties Experimentally Tested for NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 Eutectic Molten Salt as a Next-Generation High-Temperature Heat Transfer Fluids in Concentrated Solar Power Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A new eutectic chloride molten salt, MgCl2-KCl-NaCl (wt% 45.98–38.91–15.11), has been recognized as one of the most promising high-temperature heat transfer fluids (HTF) for both heat transfer and thermal storage for the ... -
Thermodynamic and Economic Assessment of Solar Thermal Power Plants for Cameroon
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this study, it is aimed to conduct the thermodynamic and economic analysis of solar thermal power plants using parabolic trough collectors (PTC), linear Fresnel reflectors (LFR), and solar tower (ST) technologies for ... -
A Novel Combination Algorithm of Different Methods of Maximum Power Point Tracking for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper proposes a novel algorithm to combine two or more techniques of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) to increase the output dc power and the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) arrays. Different MPPT methods have ... -
Design and Modeling of the ANFIS-Based MPPT Controller for a Solar Photovoltaic System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controllers play an important role in improving the efficiency of solar photovoltaic (SPV) modules. These controllers achieve maximum power transfer from PV modules through impedance ... -
A Newly Designed ZnO/CdS/CuO:Co Solar Cell and Its Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this paper, a ZnO/CdS/CuO:Co solar cell was prepared on a glass/indium oxide (ITO) substrate. First, we use RF-sputtering to deposit the window (ZnO) layer by optimizing the oxygen pressure while keeping the RF power ... -
Analytical Solution of the Transient Heat Conduction in the Absorber Tube of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Under Quasi-Steady Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Temperature fields and their transient behaviors are essential subjects to be considered for modeling and design of absorber tubes in concentrated solar power plants. Both subjects have been addressed by various authors. ... -
Analysis of a Fluidized-Bed Particle/Supercritical-CO2 Heat Exchanger in a Concentrating Solar Power System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Concentrating solar power (CSP) development has focused on increasing the energy conversion efficiency and lowering the capital cost. To improve performance, CSP research is moving to high-temperature and high-efficiency ... -
A Robust Methodology for Assessing the Effectiveness of Site Adaptation Techniques for Calibration of Solar Radiation Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The abundant spatial and temporal availability of solar energy has been fueling many researches and have been the reason for the proliferation of solar energy applications in the past decades. Many of these applications ... -
Analysis of Solar Power and Energy Variability Through Site Adaptation of Satellite Data With Quality Controlled Measured Solar Radiation Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Satellite-based solar power data is becoming more and more important because of its continuous temporal and spatial availability. However, its reliability can be enhanced through quality control and calibration against ... -
Effects of Materials on the Heat Transfer Coefficient During Condensation and Evaporation of R410A
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)An experimental investigation was conducted to demonstrate the effects of materials on the heat transfer characteristics of R410A during evaporation and condensation inside two horizontal plain tubes with the same inner ... -
Pairing Directional Solar Inputs From Ray Tracing to Solar Receiver/Reactor Heat Transfer Models on Unstructured Meshes: Development and Case Studies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A novel method for pairing surface irradiation and volumetric absorption from Monte Carlo ray tracing to computational heat transfer models is presented. The method is well-suited to directionally and spatially complex ... -
Soiling Loss Rate Measurements of Photovoltaic Modules in a Hot and Humid Desert Environment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Power generation from renewable energy sources, in particular solar photovoltaics (PV), has become extremely attractive thanks to its very low levelized cost of electricity (LCoE). In desert-like environments, the energy ... -
Optimal Layout for Façade-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Arrays in Constrained Fields
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A method for optimizing the geometrical layout for a façade-mounted solar photovoltaic array is presented. Unlike conventional studies, this work takes into account the finite height of the façade, which is more realistic. ... -
Exergetic Performance Assessment of Optimally Inclined BIPV Thermal System by Considering Cyclic Nature of Insolation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The structural and architectural elements of building-integrated photovoltaic-thermal (BIPVT) systems are made up of photovoltaic (PV) modules and these are required to be fixed at an optimum inclination angle for generating ... -
Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact of Using a Photovoltaic System to Secure Relays of Mobile Communication Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Renewable energy sources are being considered an alternative for the provision of an uninterrupted supply of power to cover the extensive mobile services. The main purpose of this study is to determine a cost-effective way ...