A comprehensive review on integration of receiver geometries, nanofluids, and efficient thermal energy storage for solar parabolic dish collectors

YN Nandanwar, PV Walke - Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical …, 2024 - Springer
Solar energy has received substantial attention as a source of clean and sustainable power.
Among various techniques, solar parabolic dish collectors (PDCs) show significant promise …

A critical review on various factors affecting the thermohydraulic performance in transition-flow regime

DK Vishwakarma, S Bhattacharyya, M Sharifpur… - Journal of Thermal …, 2024 - Springer
Heat transfer and pressure drop in laminar and turbulent flow have been studied for a long
time. However, the thermohydraulic of fluid flow in transition flow is still in the embryonic …

Exergy, economic, and environmental impact of a flat plate solar collector with Al2O3-CuO/water hybrid nanofluid: Experimental study

S Mukherjee, D Shah, P Chaudhuri… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
The growing demand for efficient and sustainable energy solutions has intensified research
on improving the performance of solar thermal systems. The viability of a flat plate solar …

Experimental evaluation and predictive modeling of flat plate solar collector performance with varying coolant mixtures

M Abouelsoud, S Yasin, H Mousa… - Thermal Science and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Using solar energy in domestic heating by thermal collecting is economically power-saving
and environmentally friendly. In this study, different mixtures of a commercial Mobil coolant …

Experimental evaluation of heat transfer augmentation and exergy analysis in flat plate solar collector employing mono and hybrid nanofluids

G Saravanan, S Murugapoopathi - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2025 - Springer
The heat transfer enhancement in flat plate solar collector (FPSC) can be greatly achieved
by the admittance of nanofluids (NFs). This work proposes an experimental investigation to …

Solar collector featured dryer performance enriched by the adaptations of phase change material embedded with fin collector absorber

R Venkatesh, K Logesh… - Journal of …, 2025 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The solar dryer was an effective choice for drying agriculture products because it is cost-
effective and requires no external energy for process drying. The fluctuation in drying …