Illuminating sustainability: a comprehensive review of the environmental life cycle and exergetic impacts of solar systems on the agri-food sector

B Hamidinasab, H Javadikia, F Hosseini-Fashami… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The develo** agri-food sector significantly boosts food production and plays a crucial role
in resolving the global food crisis. This development is valuable when accompanied by …

Global advancement of solar thermal energy technologies for industrial process heat and its future prospects: A review

L Kumar, M Hasanuzzaman, NA Rahim - Energy conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy is the essential need for the development, modernization and economic growth of
any nation in the industrial sector. About 32–35% of the total energy of the world is used in …

Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential

G Li, M Li, R Taylor, Y Hao, G Besagni… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
To meet the well-known energy transition challenge, a rapid shift from fossil fuels to the
broader exploitation of renewable energy sources is needed; solar energy represents the …

Heat transfer enhancement in a flat plate solar collector with different flow path shapes using nanofluid

MR Saffarian, M Moravej, MH Doranehgard - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, in addition to using nanofluid, the flow direction in a flat plate solar
collector is changed to increase the convective heat transfer coefficient. To this end, U …

Applications of nanofluids in solar energy: a review of recent advances

AH Elsheikh, SW Sharshir, ME Mostafa, FA Essa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar energy systems (SESs) are considered as one of the most important alternatives to
conventional fossil fuels, due to its ability to convert solar energy directly into heat and …

[HTML][HTML] Heat pipe based systems-Advances and applications

H Jouhara, A Chauhan, T Nannou, S Almahmoud… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Heat pipes are becoming increasingly popular as passive heat transfer technologies due to
their high efficiency. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art …

Photovoltaic-Thermal systems (PVT): Technology review and future trends

SS Joshi, AS Dhoble - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Combined solar photovoltaic-thermal systems (PVT) facilitate conversion of solar radiations
into electricity and heat simultaneously. A significant amount of work has been carried out on …

Development and applications of photovoltaic–thermal systems: A review

Y Jia, G Alva, G Fang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The commercial solar cells are currently less efficient in converting solar radiation into
electricity. During electric power convention, most of the absorbed energy is dissipated to …

Photovoltaic–thermal (PV/T) technology: a comprehensive review on applications and its advancement

S Diwania, S Agrawal, AS Siddiqui, S Singh - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Over the most recent couple of decades, tremendous consideration is drawn towards
photovoltaic–thermal systems because of their advantages over the solar thermal and PV …

Increasing the efficiency of PV panel with the use of PCM

U Stritih - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The article presents how to increase electrical efficiency and power output of photovoltaic
(PV) panel with the use of a phase change material (PCM). The focus of the work is in …