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Solar Thermal Energy
Solar thermal energySolar thermal energy is a type of renewable energy harnessed from sunlight by solar thermal technologies. Solar thermal... -
Stepped Solar Thermal Desalination Systems
Reduction of basin water depth is a key parameter to improve the distillate production rate of solar stills. Minimal basin water depth indicates... -
Basin-Type Solar Thermal Desalination Systems
Basin-type solar thermal desalination system is the oldest among various solar thermal desalination technologies. However, understanding this system... -
Tubular Solar Thermal Desalination Systems
Advantage of tubular solar thermal desalination system is its higher condensing surface area compared to other systems. Moreover, it can be... -
Solar Collectors and Thermal Conversion
This chapter is useful for comprehending the ideas, layouts, and operational features of different solar collectors and thermal conversion systems,... -
Tilted Solar Thermal Desalination Systems
Tilted solar thermal desalination systems are relatively high productive than basin type systems. Moreover, its tilt angle can be adjusted as per... -
An optimization model for sizing a concentrated solar power system with thermal energy storage
This paper aims to develop a mixed integer linear programming model for optimal sizing of a concentrated solar power system with thermal energy...
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Multi-effect/Stage Solar Thermal Desalination Systems
Heat energy that is being lost from the condensing surface of the solar thermal desalination system to the ambient can be recovered by utilizing... -
Solar Thermal Wastewater Treatment Systems
Wastewaters that are generally dumped into water bodies without any pre-treatment are mainly RO (reverse osmosis) reject and domestic sewage water.... -
Fundamental of Mathematical Tools for Thermal Modeling of Solar Thermal and Photo-voltaic Systems-Part-I
The textbook book discusses the basics required to understand various application of solar energy. It covers basic mathematical tools required to...
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Solar Thermal Energy Systems
This chapter gives an overview of the solar thermal energy systems and discusses their application for water heating, air heating and power... -
Thermal Energy and Exergy Matrices of Solar Energy Systems
In this chapter, an overall thermal energy and exergy, an instantaneous overall exergy efficiency of solar energy systems discussed in Chaps.... -
Perovskite Solar Cells with Tunable Bandgaps for Beam-Spiltting Photovoltaic-Thermal System
Solar energy is clean and abundant, and it has been considered as a green energy. Solar energy can be utilized by photovoltaics (PV) or concentrating... -
Evolutionary Methods Based Modeling and Analysis of Solar Thermal Systems A Case Studies Approach
This book presents insights into the thermal performance of solar thermal collectors using both computational and experimental modeling. It consists...
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Advance Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Energy Technologies Fundamentals, Principles, Design, Modelling and Applications
This book discusses topics such as solar energy, heat transfer, solar cell and photovoltaic module, greenhouse-integrated semi-transparent...
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Vertical Convection Solar Thermal Desalination Systems
Vertical convection solar still can be either one sided or double sided type. One sided and double sided system has one and two apertures,... -
Solar Thermal Energy
This volume of the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second Edition, describes technologies that actively convert solar... -
Hybrid Solar Chimney-Thermal Desalination Systems
The solar chimney is also called the solar updraft tower and is developed to generate power. The vast ground area below the transparent cover of... -
Vertical Diffusion Solar Thermal Desalination Systems
The productivity of solar stills can be enhanced significantly by reducing the gap between the evaporating and condensing surface. However, this is... -
Simulation Study on Performance of Thermal Storage Solar Photovoltaic System
In recent years, the comprehensive utilization of solar photovoltaic (PV/T) technology is the current research focus. Water is a commonly used...