Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Recent submissions
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Study on Aerodynamic Performance of Offshore Floating Wind Turbine With Fusion Winglets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The motion response of a (NREL) 5 MW wind turbine with tip-fusion winglets in the marine environment were studied in this paper. The aerodynamic performance of the wind turbine in three motion modes of yaw, surge, and pitch ... -
Techno-Economic Optimization of Molten Salt Concentrating Solar Power Parabolic Trough Plants With Packed-Bed Thermocline Tanks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This study focuses on the techno-economic optimization of direct molten salt parabolic trough solar thermal power plants (STPPs) equipped with thermocline filler (TCF) thermal energy storage (TES). On one hand, this ... -
Concentrated Solar Powered Novel Multi-Generation System: A Energy, Exergy, and Environmental Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A novel multi-generation system (MGS) that comprises two absorption cycles, two Rankine cycles (RCs), and a hot water (HW) production chamber is studied in this research. It is designed to utilize the waste heat from the ... -
Multi-Objective Optimization of Combined Heat and Power Industrial Microgrid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Microgrids play a critical role in the transition from conventional centralized power systems to the smart distributed networks of the future. To achieve the greatest outputs from microgrids, a comprehensive multi-objective ... -
Analysis and Assessment of Tower Solar Collector Driven Trigeneration System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper describes the development and performance assessment of a tower solar collector driven integrated system operating in trigeneration mode to generate electricity, heating, and cooling, in a carbon-free manner. ... -
Thermal Model of a Solar Thermochemical Reactor for Metal Oxide Reduction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A transient heat transfer model is developed to study the thermal performance of a high-temperature solar thermochemical reactor for metal oxide reduction. The solar reactor consists of an indirectly irradiated tubular ... -
Three-Dimensional Thermo-Hydraulic Analysis of Solar Air Heater With Equilateral Prism-Shaped Rib Roughness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Thermal transport and flow friction characteristics due to roughness on the absorber plate of solar air heater are evaluated by applying three-dimensional finite volume based code. Renormalization group (RNG) k–ɛ model is ... -
Development of a Grid Connected Solar-Wind Hybrid System With Reduction in Levelized Tariff for a Remote Island in India
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Sagar Island which is located in the world's largest delta, the Sunderban, in the eastern coast of India faces severe power crunch. Due to its isolated location, the power infrastructure is underdeveloped. This has led to ... -
Revisiting Gradient Layer Heat Extraction in Solar Ponds Through a Realistic Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this paper, the concept of heat extraction from the gradient zone (GZ) in solar ponds has been analyzed in a more realistic manner to overcome the drawbacks of previously conducted studies. For this purpose, a net heat ... -
Active Heating of Outdoor Swimming Pool Water Using Different Solar Collector Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this communication, a theoretical thermal model has been developed by using basic energy balance equation for outdoor swimming pool in terms of design and climatic parameters. An analytical expression for swimming pool ... -
Modeling and Design of a Solar-Powered Refrigerator for Vaccines Transportation in Remote Regions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this paper, a portable photovoltaic (PV)-powered vaccine carrier intended for “hard to reach” areas that suffer luck of electricity and transportation has been proposed. The design of the proposed system has been analyzed ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of the Paraffin/Expanded Perlite Loaded With Graphene Nanoparticles as a Thermal Energy Storage Material in Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Various properties of the paraffin have made them compatible to be incorporated in the building materials for improving the latent heat storage capacity of the building envelope. However, the poor thermal conductivity of ... -
Estimating on-Board Power Generation by Solar Photo-Voltaic Array Integrated Lighter-Than-Air Platform Under Variable Pitching Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Sustainable power generation on solar photovoltaic (SPV) modules integrated lighter-than-air platforms (LTAPs) is a daunting task since they are exposed to variable environmental factors such as wind, ambient air pressure, ... -
Comparative Study of New Airfoils for Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)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 ... -
Optimization of the Design of Hydrogen Production Systems Based on Product Cost
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this work, the design of a hydrogen production system was optimized for Algiers in Algeria. The system produces hydrogen by electrolysis using a photovoltaic (PV) generator as a source of electricity. All the elements ... -
A Generic Algorithm for Planning the Year-Round Solar Energy Harvest/Storage to Supply Solar-Based Stable Power
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)An algorithm and modeling are developed to make precise planning of year-round solar energy (SE) collection, storage, and redistribution to meet a decided demand of electrical power fully relying on solar energy. The model ... -
Thin-Layer Mathematical Modeling of Turmeric in Indirect Natural Conventional Solar Dryer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The objective of this study is to find an optimized thin-layer mathematical model suitable for drying kinetics of turmeric. Turmeric has a high moisture content which necessitates effective drying. A 10 kg, sample batch, ... -
Advanced Solar MPPT Techniques Under Uniform and Non-Uniform Irradiance: A Comprehensive Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Advancement of human civilization has led to rapid industrialization going in hand with urbanization and globalization, which have elevated energy demand worldwide. Conventional energy sources with the fear of being exhausted ... -
Day-Ahead Wind Power Forecast Through High-Resolution Mesoscale Model: Local Computational Fluid Dynamics Versus Artificial Neural Network Downscaling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The importance of accurately forecasting the power production of wind farms is boosting the development of meteorological models and their processing. This work is a discussion of different forecast configurations for ... -
An Improved Model of Estimation Global Solar Irradiation From in Situ Data: Case of Algerian Oranie’s Region
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The total monthly average of daily radiation on a horizontal surface at the site of Oran (35.38 deg N, 0.37 deg W) is achieved by applying two models. We present a comparison between the first one which is a regression ...