Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Recent submissions
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Energy and Exergy Analysis of Marquise Shaped Channel Flat Plate Solar Collector Using Al2O3–Water Nanofluid and Water
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The present study deals with the experimental performance of a Marquise shaped channel solar flat-plate collector using Al2O3/water nanofluid and base fluid (pure water). The experimental setup comprises a special type of ... -
The Cooling Potential of Sky Radiation With Variations in System Parameters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This study evaluated the building cooling capacity of sky radiation, which was previously identified to have the greatest cooling potential among common ambient sources for climates across the U.S. A heat pipe augmented ... -
The Potential of Sky Radiation for Humidity Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The potential of sky radiation (SR) to serve the latent space cooling loads was evaluated. Using ASHRAE standard 55 comfort limits (room temperature 22 °C, relative humidity 60%, and dew-point temperature 13.9 °C), ... -
Analysis of the Use of Remote Sensing Measurements for Developing Wind Power Projects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Micrositing wind flow modeling presents one of the most relevant uncertainties in the project of wind power plants. Studies in the area indicate that the average uncertainty related to this item varies between 2.4% and 8% ... -
Reviewer's Recognition
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Special Issue on Concentrated Solar Chemistry, Fuels, and Power
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The Promise of Solar Thermochemical Technologies
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Japan Aims at Establishing a Hydrogen-Based Society—Can Solar Thermochemistry Contribute?
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Inverse Design of Spectrally Selective Thickness Sensitive Pigmented Coatings for Solar Thermal Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Inverse design of thickness sensitive spectrally selective pigmented coatings that are used in absorbers of solar thermal collectors is considered. The objective is to maximize collection efficiency by achieving high ... -
Numerical Analysis on Thermal Energy Storage Device With Finned Copper Tube for an Indirect Type Solar Drying System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Solar dryer with thermal energy storage device is an essential topic for food drying applications in industries. In this work, a two-dimensional (2D) numerical model is developed for the application of solar drying of ... -
Linear Solar Concentrator Structural Optimization Using Variable Beam Cross Sections
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The design and construction of solar concentrators heavily affects their optical efficiency, heat utilization, and cost. Current trough concentrators use an equivalent uniform beam with a metal grid substructure. In this ... -
Pressure Losses in Solar Chimney Power Plant
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This technical brief develops a theoretical model of all the pressure losses in the solar chimney power plant (SCPP, also called solar updraft power plant) and analyzes the pressure losses for different chimney internal ... -
Integration of Soiling-Rate Measurements and Cleaning Strategies in Yield Analysis of Parabolic Trough Plants
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The issue of reflector soiling becomes more important as concentrating solar thermal power plants (CSP) are being implemented at sites subject to high dust loads. In an operational power plant, a trade-off between reducing ... -
Experimental Test of Properties of KCl–MgCl2 Eutectic Molten Salt for Heat Transfer and Thermal Storage Fluid in Concentrated Solar Power Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The eutectic mixture of MgCl2–KCl molten salt is a high temperature heat transfer and thermal storage fluid able to be used at temperatures up to 800 °C in concentrating solar thermal power systems. The molten salt ... -
Effectiveness of Phase Change Material for Cooling of Photovoltaic Panel for Hot Climate
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Phase change materials (PCMs) are investigated in this study as an option to reduce the surface temperature of the photovoltaic (PV) cell during sunshine hours to enhance the electrical efficiency of the cells. For this ... -
Concentrating and Nonconcentrating Slurry and Fixed-Bed Solar Reactors for the Degradation of Herbicide Isoproturon
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This research demonstrates scale-up studies with the development of concentrating and nonconcentrating solar reactors employing suspended and supported TiO2 for the degradation of herbicide isoproturon (IPU) with total ... -
Ducted Wind Turbine Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This study presents a numerical optimization of a ducted wind turbine (DWT) to maximize power output. The cross section of the duct was an Eppler 423 airfoil, which is a cambered airfoil with a high lift coefficient (CL). ... -
Prediction of Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal Collector Power Output Using Fuzzy Logic
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In recent years, solar PV/T water collectors have been identified as one of the most promising hybrid devices. It is a combination of solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar flat plate collector (FPC) systems capable of generating ... -
Numerical Investigation of Thermal Separators Within the Evacuated Tubes of a Water-in-Glass Solar Water Heater
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The effects of thermal separators within the evacuated tubes of a water-in-glass solar water heater (SWH) were numerically investigated using the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software ANSYS fluent. To ... -
Analysis of Numerical Error in One-Dimensional Storage Tank Models for Solar Energy System Simulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This study investigates the temperature profiles predicted by trnsys one-dimensional (1D) thermal storage tank models for typical charging conditions. Simulation parameters, such as grid spacing and time-step size, were ...