Different ways to improve parabolic trough solar collectors' performance over the last four decades and their applications: A comprehensive review

W Ajbar, A Parrales, A Huicochea… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an extensive review of experimental, numerical, and numerical-
experimental studies focused on compiling different aspects that lead to improved PTSC …

Performance study of a cylindrical parabolic concentrating solar water heater with nail type twisted tape inserts in the copper absorber tube

AK Bhakta, NK Panday, SN Singh - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper reports the overall thermal performance of a cylindrical parabolic concentrating
solar water heater (CPCSWH) with inserting nail type twisted tape (NTT) in the copper …

Sunlight permeability of translucent concrete panels as a building envelope

KM Mosalam, N Casquero-Modrego - Journal of Architectural …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
An innovative building envelope was introduced for daylight permeability in an anidolic
manner through the opaque parts of exterior façades and roofs. A prefabricated translucent …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental and theoretical study of a parabolic trough solar collector

TA Yassen - Anbar J. Eng. Sci, 2012 - iasj.net
An experimental and theoretical study has been conducted to determine the thermal
efficiency of a parabolic trough solar collector. The experiments have been performed during …

[PDF][PDF] International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET)

IEU BIODIESEL - Journal Impact Factor, 2014 - Citeseer
Many alternate fuels like Alcohols, Biodiesel, Methanol, Ethanol, LPG, CNG etc have been
already commercialized in the transport sector. In this context, pyrolysis of solid waste is …

[PDF][PDF] Three-dimensional numerical analysis of heat transfer characteristics of solar parabolic collector with two segmental rings

SE Ghasemi, AA Ranjbar, A Ramiar - J. Math. Comput. Sci, 2013 - researchgate.net
In this article, the heat transfer characteristics of parabolic solar collector with two segmental
rings has been investigated numerically. The effect of distance between porous two …

Performance evaluation of a nonimaging solar concentrator in terms of optical and thermal characteristics

A Ustaoglu, J Okajima, XR Zhang… - … & Sustainable Energy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A nontracking, nonimaging solar concentrator with a low‐heat‐loss configuration was
proposed, and its optical and thermal performance was investigated. The reflector has a …

[PDF][PDF] Efficiency analysis of TiO2/water nanofluid in trough solar collector

SH Danook, KJ Jassim… - Journal of Advanced …, 2020 - akademiabaru.com
The increasing demand for energy nowadays has led a number of researchers to give
attention for solar energy topic. In this research, the performance of a parabolic trough solar …

[PDF][PDF] Anidolic day-light concentrator in structural building envelope

KM Mosalam, N Casquero-Modrego… - Proc., 1st Annual Int …, 2013 - academia.edu
A new application of a light concentrator, namely Winston cone (WC), is introduced for light
permeability through a structural envelope, eg reinforced concrete panel, without loss or …

Thermo-hydraulic performance analysis of parabolic concentrating solar water heater

AK Bhakta, SN Singh - Journal of Thermal Engineering, 2020 - dergipark.org.tr
This paper concerns the thermo-hydraulic performance analysis of a PCSWH (parabolic
concentrating solarwater heater) with placing the PTT (perforated twisted tape) in the …