A detailed review of various types of solar air heaters performance

HK Ghritlahre, M Verma, JS Parihar, DS Mondloe… - Solar energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar energy is an endless and environmentally benign renewable energy source. Among
all the forms of solar thermal energy systems, solar air heater is the major system which is …

A review of the enhancement of solar thermal collectors using nanofluids and turbulators

A Aissa, NAA Qasem, A Mourad, H Laidoudi… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanofluids are viewed as an effective way to increase the efficiency of solar energy systems.
Their importance is illustrated by enhancing the thermal conductivity of heat transfer fluids …

Energy and exergy analysis of a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system used in solar dryer: A numerical and experimental investigation

E Çiftçi, A Khanlari, A Sözen, İ Aytaç, AD Tuncer - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors can be applied in order to concurrently generation of
electrical and thermal energy. In the present study, a vertical hybrid PVT solar dryer has …

Energy and exergy analysis of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal-air collector modified with nano-enhanced latent heat thermal energy storage unit

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrical and thermal energy can be generated simultaneously by using photovoltaic-
thermal (PVT) systems. Also, electrical efficiency can be enhanced by cooling the PV panel …

Energy and exergy analysis of a vertical solar air heater with nano-enhanced absorber coating and perforated baffles

A Khanlari, AD Tuncer, A Sözen, İ Aytaç, E Çiftçi… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of applying nano-enhanced absorber coating on the energetic and
exergetic performance of an unglazed vertical solar air heating system has been analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of solar air collector technologies: Performance evaluation, structure design and application analysis

J Zhang, T Zhu - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022 - Elsevier
A solar air collector (SAC) is a main device of a solar-thermal air system, which can absorb
solar radiation and transfer the absorbed thermal energy to the air. This paper presents a …

Energy-exergy and sustainability analysis of a PV-driven quadruple-flow solar drying system

A Khanlari, A Sözen, F Afshari, AD Tuncer - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar energy as a clean energy source is widely investigated to find out the effective
mechanisms to meet a large part of energy demand in the near future. In the present …

Experimental and numerical thermal performance in solar receiver heat exchanger with trapezoidal louvered winglet and wavy groove

P Promvonge, P Promthaisong, S Skullong - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A numerical and experimental study on the thermal–hydraulic performance of a solar
receiver heat exchanger (SRH) equipped with a newly designed longitudinal-vortex …

Solar air heater performance enhancement with differently shaped miniature combined with dimple shaped roughness: CFD and experimental analysis

N Arya, V Goel, B Sunden - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A numerical study was carried out in a solar air heater (SAH) using different shapes of
miniature (V, arc and transverse broken-miniature) combined with dimples on an absorber …

The use of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector system as a sustainable energy-harvest instrument in urban technology

SD Prasetyo, AR Prabowo, Z Arifin - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
A solar cell is a converter that uses semiconductor material to convert photon energy
packets. The electrons located in the material's crystalline structure can escape from the …