Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Recent submissions
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Explicit Analytical Expression for Solar Flux Distribution on an Undeflected Absorber Tube of Parabolic Trough Concentrator Considering Sun Shape and Optical Errors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The absorber tube of the parabolic trough receives the concentrated sunrays only on the portion facing the reflector. It leads to nonuniformity in the temperature of absorber tube. Thus, the material of tube expands ... -
Numerical Simulation, Design, and Construction of a Double Glazed Compound Parabolic Concentrators Type Integrated Collector Storage Water Heater
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The numerical simulation, design, and construction of a double glazed integrated collector storage (ICS) with compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) reflectors are presented. The design of the double glazing is optimized ... -
NARX Based Short Term Forecasting of Water Flow Rate of a Photovoltaic Pumping System: A Case Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Hourly water flow rate (HWFR) forecasting is very important to photovoltaic water pumping system (PVWPS) planning, operation, and control. In this paper, a nonlinear autoregressive with exogenous inputrecurrent neural ... -
The Influence of Nanoparticle Fillers on the Effectiveness of Phosphorus Diffusion Pastes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A phosphosilicate polymer spinon glass dopant has been adapted to produce a screen printable Ntype diffusion pastes using different types of nanoparticles as functional additives to quantitatively change the doping strength ... -
Volumetric Three Dimensional Wind Measurement Using a Single Mobile Based LiDAR
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A novel approach to measure the wind flow field in a utilityscale wind farm is described. The measurement technique uses a mobile, threedimensional scanning LiDAR system to make successive measurements of the lineofsight ... -
Erratum: “Improvement in Solar Chimney Power Generation by Using a Diffuser Tower†[ASME J. Sol. Energy Eng., 137(3), p. 031009]
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Statistic Determination of Storage Capacity for Photovoltaic Energy Imbalance Mitigation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This paper describes a methodology to evaluate the storage capacity that should support a photovoltaic (PV) power plant in order to reduce the power imbalance generated by the forecast error. This is obtained through a ... -
Fluid–Structure Interaction in the Flexible Porous Stratification Manifold
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A model of the flexible porous manifold that captures the interaction between the flow field and the deformation of the manifold is developed and applied to understand how the fabric manifold works for conditions expected ... -
Optical and Thermal Simulations of Photovoltaic Modules With and Without Sun Tracking System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The experimental method is extensively used to determine the temperature of a photovoltaic (PV) module at different hours of a day. In this method, the module temperature is measured using a temperature sensor mounted on ... -
Wind Speed Dependency of Low Frequency Vibration Levels in Full Scale Wind Turbines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A series of continuous vibration measurements in 14 upwind wind turbines of the same model and belonging to the same wind farm have been conducted. The data were acquired over a period lasting approximately half a year. ... -
Numerical Heat Transfer Analysis of a 50 kWth Pressurized Air Solar Receiver
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A hightemperature pressurizedair solar receiver, designed for driving a Brayton cycle, consists of a cylindrical SiC cavity and a concentric annular reticulated porous ceramic (RPC) foam enclosed by a steel pressure vessel. ... -
Practical Experience With a Mobile Methanol Synthesis Device
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A methanol synthesis unit (MSU) that directly converts carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methanol and water was developed and tested. The MSU consists of: a highpressure side that includes a compressor, a reactor, and a ... -
Impact of Corrosion Test Container Material in Molten Fluorides
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The effects of crucible material choice on alloy corrosion rates in immersion tests in molten LiF–NaF–KF (46.5–11.542 mol. %) salt held at 850 آ°C for 500 hrs are described. Four crucible materials were studied. ... -
Solar Radiation Conversion With Mesoporous Silica Activated by Rare Earth Ions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Intrinsic and extrinsic nature of the luminescence of pure and Eu3+ and Tb3+ rareearth ions activated mesoporous silica has been investigated by spectroscopic methods. Increasing the Eu3+ impurity concentration from 0.01 mg ... -
In Situ Experimental Validation of therm Finite Element Analysis for a High R Value Wall Using Vacuum Insulation Panels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper details the method used for a theoretical evaluation of Team Ontario's, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 entrant, high Rvalue wall using vacuum insulation panels (VIPs). The purpose is to determine ... -
A Highly Efficient Thin Film CuInGaSe2 Solar Cell
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A new structure for CuIn1−xGaxSe2 (CIGS) solar cell is investigated. The structure consists of an absorber layer with constant bandgap placed next to the cadmium sulfide (CdS) buffer layer and a graded bandgap absorber ... -
State Space Model for Thermal Analysis of Integrated Structure of Flat Plate Solar Collector and Building Envelope
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Active types of integration of flat plate solar collectors and building envelopes are studied in this paper. The integrated structure of flat plate solar collector and building envelope includes glass cover, absorber plate, ... -
Effect of Solar Fraction on the Economic and Environmental Performance of Solar Air Conditioning by Adsorption Chiller in a Tropical Region
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Solar airconditioning (AC) is an attractive AC system but it has intermittent output, and therefore, a conventional heater is needed as a backup. This study presents the effect of ratio of heat delivered by solar (Qsolar) ... -
Enhancement of Fuzzy Controlled Photovoltaic–Diesel System With Battery Storage Using Interleaved Converter With Hybrid MPPT for Rural Home
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Hybrid energy systems normally comprise photovoltaic (PV) modules, diesel generator, a DC–DC converter with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control, a DC–AC inverter with pulse width modulation (PWM) controller and ... -
Application of a Wall Solar Chimney for Passive Ventilation of Dwellings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The solar chimney is a natural ventilation technique that has the potential to save energy use in buildings as well as maintain comfortable indoor quality. The objective of the current study was to examine the effects of ...