Solar energy is a bountiful renewable energy resource: the energy in the sunlight that
reaches Earth in an hour exceeds the energy consumed by all of humanity in a year. 1 While …

Solar thermal systems are advantageous since it is easier to store heat than electricity on a
large scale. As such, concentrated solar power is receiving considerable interest among …

The use of solar air heaters (SAH) for the collection and effective utilization of solar
radiations for thermal applications is widely reported in the literature. The current article …

Solar air heaters (SAHs) form the foremost component of solar energy utilization system.
These air heaters absorb the irradiance and convert it into thermal energy at the absorbing …

A previously validated quasi-one-dimensional transient two-phase heat transfer model is
used to assess the effect of operational and design parameters on the performance of …

A subregular solution thermodynamic model was employed to calculate the stacking fault
energy (SFE) in Fe–Mn–Al–C–Si steels with contents of carbon 0.2–1.6 wt.%, manganese 1 …

The design, testing, and modelling of a high-temperature thermocline-type thermal energy
storage (TES) are presented. The TES concept uses air as the heat-transfer fluid and …

The improvement of the performances of the parabolic trough solar collector system (PTC)
plays a vital role in the utilizations of solar energy. In this paper, a solar ray trace (SRT) …

This study investigated orange-peel pyrolysis due to solar radiation that was applied as a
unique source of energy using a parabolic-trough solar concentrator. An optical analysis …

Parabolic trough collectors and linear Fresnel reflectors are the main line-focus systems for
concentrating direct solar irradiance. In a conventional design, the mirrors reflect and …